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Copyright: Jeanne Gladden
Challenge 88

Three old friends walk into a bar and order a round of cherry cokes and a large bag of strawberry licorice for the table. The…

Remember Always

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Challenge 87

Meet Bernie

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Copyright: Jeanne Gladden
Challenge 86

“Wee kitten needing a good home,” the post read. “Well, we’re a good home needing a wee kitten,” the voice in my head said.  You…

Read Together, Grow Together

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Copyright: Jeanne Gladden
Challenge 85
A big Just Keep Growing shoutout to Neighborhood Reads, our very own independent bookstore. Celebrating its 8th year, our community bookstore inspires…

On Becoming Whelmed

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Challenge 84
Copyright: Jeanne Gladden

Conversations with friends, family and clients lead me to conclude that darned near every one of us is running on overwhelm.  

Work Expectations.  Family…

Full of Surprises

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Challenge 83
Copyright: Jeanne Gladden
The body is full of surprises.  I just read that if all the blood vessels in your body were laid end to end, they would…

For the Love of Learning

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Challenge 82
Copyright: Jeanne Gladden
A colleague described a parent-teacher conference she attended for her eighth-grade son.  Her son set the agenda, prepared the topics for discussion, and conducted the…

Memorial Day

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Remembering.  
Appreciating.
Honoring,
My Grandparents. 


Memorial Day. 2025 

Quality Conversations

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Challenge 81
Copyright: Jeanne Gladden

“86.5% of the time we think we have communicated, we have, in fact, failed.” 
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I’ve asserted this claim thousands of times over…

A Legacy Leaver

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Challenge 80
Copyright: Jeanne Gladden
As a child, family members, friends and strangers perpetually reminded me that I was the granddaughter of Mr. Clonts, and that I needed to act…

What's in Your Garden?

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 What's in your garden? What are you growing?

None of my Business

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Challenge 79
Copyright: Jeanne Gladden

Just about the time I think I have mastered this life lesson… Bam!  I find myself fretting over how another person sees me, thinks of…

Use Everything

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Challenge 78
Copyright: Jeanne Gladden.


“Use everything.  Be used by nothing.” Walter Starcke

I was an undergrad student for 12 years.  Twelve years. That’s how long it took to complete…

In Praise of Nothing

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Challenge 77
Copyright: Jeanne Gladden.

What might it be like to find yourself with a little time of your own?  With nothing pushing or pulling at you?  No demands.  No plans. No pressure. No places to be. 

Would you feel peaceful? Or might you feel a twinge of urgency to do something…anything…. to be productive?

As a kid, I excelled at nothingness.  I remember long unscheduled summer days full of big sky…

Confidence or Competence?

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Challenge 76
Copyright: Jeanne Gladden.

Confidence or competence.  Which comes first?  A chicken or egg kind of question, to be sure.  And, the answer may surprise you.  

Growth requires us to take risks.  To shine a light on our imperfections. Growth requires us to lead with confidence before we have the competence. 

It’s natural to feel self-confident when we possess competence in a particular area.  Not so easy when we are…

We, The People

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Challenge 75
Copyright: Jeanne Gladden.
A 3-minute read

Perhaps, like me, you are searching for signs of America becoming great again.  Perhaps you are pleased with what you see.  Perhaps you are not. 

I wonder if we, the people, could even agree on what would make America great?  Do we have a shared vision? A set of shared values? Some worthy goals?  A set of metrics?  These disciplines drive consensus in…

Stop Trying

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Challenge 74
Copyright: Jeanne Gladden.
A 3-minute read

Do or do not. There is no try.  Yoda

At least once a year, I resolve, I vow and I swear to shed those extra pounds but alas…and sigh…no dice. I’ve been trying to lose those same pesky pounds for seven years now. 

Inspired by Yoda, I stopped trying.  And, I took a step. Onto the scale.  I weighed myself.  And, entered my weight

Just a Cat.

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Challenge 73
Copyright: Jeanne Gladden.
A 3-minute read

We knew it was coming.  We did everything we could to put it off.  And so did he. 

And, now we are here missing him.  And, he is there. 

Our sweet cat, Ralphie, died this week.  

Our Great Nieces and Nephews loved playing “Where’s Ralphie?” when they came to visit. Ralphie would get wind they were coming and hide. The minute the…

What the World Needs Now

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Challenge 72
Copyright: Jeanne Gladden. A 3-minute read


It’s Valentine’s Day.  A day to share the love. 

Thanks to media, social and antisocial, there are people who fit into our easy to love category. We send them likes. And hearts. And other expressions of favor. 

What about the rest of the world? Those who do not make the cut for our loving expressions.  We may dislike or disrespect them with varying degrees…