Author: Spencer Quinn
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In Praise of Minimalism
It happens little by little. That cool kitchen gadget whose sole job is to remove the leaves from an individual strawberry, that ball of rubber bands that will come in handy someday, that cleaning product to refresh the dashboard of your car and next thing you know, your junk drawer and garage are overflowing with…
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Small & Connected
Standing at the entrance to Yosemite at sunrise, standing in the field in front of El Capitan, looking over the edge of Moro Rock into infinity, touching one of the largest trees in the world, standing next to Multnomah Falls, or seeing how Mt. St. Helens has healed itself, I feel very small and very…
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Your Career in Perspective
“What do you do for a living?”, a fundamental question during introductions, really means, “Who are you?” It sets the tone and places you in a category. Are you blue collar or white collar, poor or rich, interesting or boring, someone worth engaging with or not? Of course the question is useful shorthand, but it…
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Crater Lake
I was lucky enough to visit early in the morning during the off season, so I got some pretty spectacular views all to myself. Hiking back up from the shores, I had a “Twenty years from now” moment that I will treasure for years to come!
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Reinventions
I have always been a restless soul. Never quite content with who I was, always hoping I could be different, always hoping I could be more. With a nod to this drive, I often tried on mini-reinventions. As a teen, it was the edgier clothing choices. As a young adult, it was the punkish hair…
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