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How the Maui Cannabis Conference bridges education with entrepreneurship

A dozen or so years ago, it was rumored that pakalolo-seeking tourists on Front Street were being sold bags of oregano. Meanwhile, locals knew how to get the stickiest bud–usually from a friend of a friend in Paia. Although Operation Green Harvest was winding down, the whir of any helicopter blades flying overhead would instill fear and secrecy in the island’s best weed purveyors.

I’ll admit it:…

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Remember. . .

I’m feeling a bit lazy this morning and my mind is occupied with important things, unrelated to my blogging hobby.

In looking for something to share, I found this on the blog of the man who started me on this journey almost eight years ago.

“Where less is less” is sometimes more.

Doug’s Saturday Morning Contribution To Humanity.

Good advice for all of us to remember.

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The Old Normal Oberserved this morning at Eclecticty Light, the second love child of my blogging mentor, Doug.

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A dinner, conversation on industrial hemp with author Doug Fine

A dinner, conversation on industrial hemp with author Doug Fine

Industrial hemp expert and farmer Doug Fine is celebrating Earth Week on the Menominee Indian Reservation in northern Wisconsin. Fine and Menominee hemp activist Marcus Grignon will together host a “Dinner and Conversation on Industrial Hemp” at the Menominee Casino Resort April 18. The event is  from 6-8 p.m. The event is free and open to all community members and the public. Fine’s most recent…

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Welcome To Year #7

Welcome To Year #7

It was seven years ago today that this blog was born. 

Thank you to funeral service giant, Bob “I’m just a Simple Village Undertaker” Horn for the name and thank you to Doug (Eclecticity Light)  Fine for urging and nudging me to start.

This is the  3,358th post.  When you factor in the different distribution platforms such as Twitter, FB, Linkedin, Tumbler and Google+, this blog reaches over…

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It Has Been Said . . .

It Has Been Said . . .

. . . that you will be the same peson in five years that you are today, except for what you read and who you associate with.

Here is a way get two for the price of one.

Three of the 4 guys on the list. From left, Kurt Harden, Doug Fine and Yours Truly, January, 2013.

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I am humbled to have my blog listed again this year. Be sure to read Kurt’s explanation as…

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Opening Paragrahs

Or in this case, liner notes.   

The first half of life, we are naturally and rightly preoccupied with establishing our identity – climbing, acheiving, and performing. But those concerns will not serve us as we grow older and begin to embark on a further journey, one that involves challenges, mistakes, loss of control, broader horizons, and necessary suffering that actually shocks us out of our…

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