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  • Revolution and Tai Chi

    By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation Happy July! As I’m writing this, we’re all getting ready to celebrate the 250th birthday of our nation. As you’re…

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  • Finding Family

    By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation The Open House on June 20th went swimmingly, if I may say so myself! The weather was amazing, and folks…

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  • Footprints on the Ceiling

    By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation The funny thing about cleaning a house is that the more you clean, the dirtier everything seems. You finally get…

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  • Further Along

    By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation Do you know how absolutely, soul-quenchingly satisfying it is to see a system you designed and built work as intended?…

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  • I Don’t Know, But

    By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation I had a great idea for this week’s column. Then I forgot it. See, I was driving through Franklin earlier…

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  • The Upstarts

    By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation The sun finally came out in the last few days, AND our skid loader is finally up and running again.…

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  • Nothin’ But Mud

    By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation There’s nothing like renting a relatively expensive piece of outdoor equipment to have you watching the sky and mumbling to…

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  • The Week Before the Work

    By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation Happy May! I really wish my brain would come up with something other than “Where did the year go??” when…

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  • Trying to Decide

    By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation You know those moments when you’re standing in the middle of your kitchen, staring at nothing, completely forgetting about what…

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  • Sound Familiar?

    By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation Tell me if this sounds familiar. People are talking. It’s going well. The conversation is thoughtful; folks are asking good…

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  • Says Who??

    By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation Each week, when I sit down to figure out what I’m going to write about, I usually go back and…

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  • A Little Adjustment

    By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation A couple weeks ago now, we recorded our first podcast episode, which went…surprisingly smoothly.  In hindsight, that probably should have…

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