Own It, or Don’t Act Like You Do In 1883, Emma Lazarus wrote the words that would come to define America’s self-image: a mighty woman lifting her lamp […]
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The First Step: Lao Tzu on the Thousand-Mile Journey
Lao Tzu has a point. Don’t think about the 1,000 miles. Just do the first step, then the next one. Direction is more important than speed so get pointed in the right direction and take the step.
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Ships Aren’t Built for Harbors: Shedd in 1928
This is my thesis for the year. Safety has its place—as preparation, not destination. Time is precious, any worthy goal means leaving the safety of the known, the harbor.
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Happy NEW Year
New Year’s Eve is a threshold—one foot in the year that was, one in the year that will be. Rilke reminds us that the future isn’t just more […]
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Words Matter
Words cut, or heal; emit hate, or love; portend conflict, or understanding. Words Matter: Words cut, or heal; emit hate, or love; portend conflict, or understanding. Carefully chosen […]
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Happy 100th to Dad
Today would have been Dad’s 100th birthday. He was never really pointed at 100 to be honest. I think 17 year old Billy (#10) would have been surprised […]
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9/11 – Twenty Four Years
OK, here’s mine. 24 years ago I was in a funeral home on Harrison Avenue in Panama City, Florida. It was temporarily the Bay County Association of Realtors […]
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Family Stories: The Grishams
More old pics on Mom’s side of the family. Look at that bow! This is my Great Aunt (Audra Leonard Bates Grisham 1905-1988), my Mom’s Mom’s sister, with […]
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Patriotism: The Next Gang of Robbers
“Patriotism … is a word which always commemorates a robbery.”—Mark Twain, Notebook, May 26, 1896 Mark Twain had a way of cutting through the fog. In his 1896 […]
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Nine Days Later: June 28th, 1865
I’m CEO of a company that decided to be closed today, on purpose. We’re sure some people would like to know why. If you have time, this is […]
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450 Million Meals, Earthquakes, & Butterflies
When in DC we go out to eat at fun places that are unlike things we have back in Durham. We love Durham and the restaurants here are […]
Housing & Market Data
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Where Should We Put All That New Housing?
Everyone alive and breathing in America today has heard about “The Housing Crisis”. Doorify MLS closely monitors the housing market in 16-counties around Raleigh, North Carolina. The MLS […]
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Were the COVID-19 Vaccines Safe and Effective? What the Science Says
It’s been a few years since the first COVID-19 vaccines rolled out, and with the benefit of hindsight—and mountains of data—we can now answer one of the biggest […]
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Stilton Cheese, Quenby Hall, and The Ashby’s
Most who knows me likely know I am writing a book, or trying to. It is loosely based on my family’s history and includes real stories of actual […]
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Happy Anniversary, Give Blood
I can’t give blood. My marriage has lasted for 37 years and I have gotten to celebrate our love, our commitment, our good luck to find each other, […]
