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how big is a bushel?

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Peter RorvigMay 31, 2013

“Hide it under a bushel?  NO!  I’M GONNA LET IT SHINE.” How big is a bushel? And just what am I hiding my light under? I wrote a blog post about Lloyd Kahn yesterday…and it got me thinking about “right … Continue reading →

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Posted in family, self help, Uncategorized | Tagged bushel basket, it's a wonderful life, light, right livelihood

grow up not old

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Peter RorvigMay 30, 2013

“I like builders, like I like farmers, because they have to deal with real things.  Things have to work.” I’ve written about Lloyd Kahn before…but here’s a short video where he talks about his homestead and his early years working … Continue reading →

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dog shopping

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Peter RorvigMay 29, 2013

We promised our three-year old that we would get a dog. He’s not the kind of kid who harps on this dog promise.  He excitedly reminds us that we are going to get a dog sometimes, but he really doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Posted in family, Uncategorized | Tagged craigslist, dog shopping, pitbull, rehome

Piers

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Peter RorvigMay 28, 2013

Sometimes, it’s not only friends who recommend and lead you to good new music. Ben Harper mentioned Piers Faccini as being someone he enjoyed. So, trusting Ben Harper’s judgement….I discovered Piers Faccini. A big time for me is brewing a … Continue reading →

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Posted in music | Tagged ben harper, piers faccini

my father took a ride on Hitler’s yacht

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Peter RorvigMay 27, 2013

After my father passed away a couple of years ago, we were looking through some of the old photo albums my sister had found. One of the albums was a bunch of snapshots that he’d collected from when he was … Continue reading →

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Posted in family, survival, Uncategorized | Tagged army, Hitler, Hitler's yacht, memorial day

ugly guitars

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Peter RorvigMay 26, 2013

One of my favorite scenes in any Indiana Jones movie is the one where he gets an opportunity to pick the Holy Grail. I think it was in the third movie…Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Anyway, he’s in this … Continue reading →

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Posted in family, music, self help, Uncategorized | Tagged holy grail, indiana jones, insight, ugly guitars

the udu defense

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Peter RorvigMay 25, 2013

I’ve spent some time in courtrooms. I’ve served on a couple of juries….and I’ve watched a couple of courtroom dramas. I’ve just never been formally charged with anything. “Formally charged…”  that’s kind of funny.  Actually, I’ve never had any charges … Continue reading →

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I want to be parodied, too

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Peter RorvigMay 24, 2013

I was reading an article about the Rolling Stones in… Rolling Stone magazine and it mentioned how Mick Jagger still mugged it up on stage. That got me thinking about Mick Jagger….which got me thinking about mugging it up…which got … Continue reading →

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fear the quiet

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Peter RorvigMay 23, 2013

I worked at a radio station for a while right before Jenny and I were married. We had a phrase for what happened when we weren’t paying attention ( or we ran out of song when we put “Low Spark … Continue reading →

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Posted in environment, survival, Uncategorized | Tagged dead air, quiet, radio, rush limbaugh, talk radio, usps

…and live like a flower

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Peter RorvigJanuary 25, 2014

  I was going to use this song in yesterday’s blog post. It was my daughter’s eighteenth birthday…and I remembered the line in the song that said “and live like a flower”. What could be more fitting than that for … Continue reading →

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Posted in money, music, Uncategorized | Tagged boys in the trees, Carly Simon, dolly parton, Jackson Browne

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