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JD's Corner

http://jaydeescorner.blogspot.com/

A perspective on events, relationships and social trends.

• Added on: May 26th, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Jerry de Gier
• Listed in: Culture History
• Tags: family Culture relationships Current Events human events morals

Recent Posts

• Something is Better than Nothing -- Wrong!

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 13:38 in pbs, decision making, house of representatives, sesame street, michelle obama, kevin eikenberry, will marre, heath care reform

  You have probably all heard by now that the House of Representatives have passed their version of a heath care reform bill. It dominated the news over the weekend and I woke up Sunday morning to the twitter boards alive with the news.What I heard man...

• A Return to Civility -- Please!

  Posted on Tuesday October 20th, 2009 at 15:47 in Debate, health care, reform, civility, character, rudeness, david brooks, steve roesler, dysfunctional behavior, will marre

  I have the luxury of living next to a beautiful city park that has a walking track around it. Most mornings I walk with my daughters for about 45 minutes and it really helps for the waistline, fitness and clarity of thought!The other morning we we...

• The Character that Should Define Us!

  Posted on Saturday September 5th, 2009 at 12:23 in character, patience, maturity, university of oregon, leadership blog, gerald sindell, the genius machine, financial checkup, mike mckinney, significant emotional event

  Quite a few years ago, I worked for a company that had an employee softball league. There were all levels of competency in the different employee teams and every year teams came into a 4 team playoff for the championship.One of the last years that I...

• A Relationship with Anything is Hard Work!

  Posted on Thursday August 27th, 2009 at 10:38 in communities, new york times, george will, ted kennedy, town hall, steve roesler, leadership blog, gerald sindell, the genius machine, mike mckinney, leadershipnow, camp condor

  Last weekend I addressed a group of people that were "roughing" it in the Southern California mountains at Camp Condor. This area is a beautiful part of California near Gorman, California about 80 miles north of Los Angeles. We had met there to get...

• Cherish What We Have and Get Ready for Change!

  Posted on Friday August 14th, 2009 at 10:36 in youtube, oregon, banjo, fox news, gibson, new york times, jimmy page, les paul, inner city, cascade mountains, steve roesler, andy kessler

  I remember the first time that I saw it -- it was a deep cherry color and the pickups were a polished black. I had never seen anything that had so much depth in color. The only blemish was a nick in one of the frets. I figured that I could fix that...

• The Right Balance of Self-sufficiency!

  Posted on Monday August 10th, 2009 at 11:56 in training, chickens, minnesota, balance, rural, self-sufficiency, Sacrifice, new york times, farm implements, kevin eikenberry, mike mckinney

  I grew up on a farm in Minnesota -- that in itself isn't a big deal because many people have grown up in a rural setting. What has come out of that experience, I guess, is what is more important.My earliest memories are from the mid to late 1950's a...

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Gina Stepp

Being in JD's Corner is like sitting at the breakfast table with a good friend--enjoying a cup of coffee while sharing your take on the day's news and life in general.

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