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Send us Fan Mail Today's topic is about family and friends. We sometimes can't live with them, but definitely can't live without them. As we grow wiser, our circle of friends become tighter, and our definition of family becomes more and more defined. As we age, hanging out becomes increasingly an event planned. Because with so much going on in our lives that pulls us this way or tha...

Send us Fan Mail Today's topic is about sleep. Sometimes we don't get enough of it, and other times we get too much of it. Wherever we fall on that scale of sleep, there is a never ending debate about how much is too much. Though it is acknowledged that there is a recommended amount, it seems just as fair that the right amount is subjective to the individual. In this episode, we're...

Send us Fan Mail Today's topic is about materialistic items that we had recently purchased that brought us value, or didn't.  Sometimes the things we splurge on, we do it so we can treat ourselves.  But the novelty of those items can wear off.  Some items are much quicker to wear off than others.  Maybe it's just the thrill of being able to buy things, or work up to buy things, that...

Send us Fan Mail Today's topic is about goals. Not about setting them, that's more for another time, but our perspective on them. There can be a satisfying feeling when we cross off that last item on our to-do list, or get the same satisfaction from starting a new goal on a blank sheet. In today's very short episode, we explore reasons that creating a goal and/or accomplishing one c...

Send us Fan Mail Today's topic is about time. The older and wiser we get, the less we need of anything else, in the material sense, and the more time we want for everything else. Sometimes we get stuck in the conundrum of having too much time with little to do, or too little time with so much to do. It would be amazing to have the superpower to control time, but even then, is it enough? In th...

Send us Fan Mail Today's topic is about timeliness and being thoughtful. In our world, we value time and presence, and sometimes not always together. Time spent doesn't always equate to meaningful time. Or does it? In this episode, we will talk about our preference for time and thoughtfulness, and hear if it's more about personality traits, or a social construct we don't want t...

Send us Fan Mail Today's topic is about the new year and any goals we have that is rolling over, or looking forward to completing. Like an age old cliche, a new year can be an opportunity to start anew, or to become wiser from things we did and had learned in previous years. However we feel about it, we can't deny that the new calendar year is a reset for seasons. And as the cold season...

Send us Fan Mail Today's topic is again about snow. If you listened to our last week's episode, you heard us talking about the possibility that we would have a snowy, white Christmas here in the Pacific Northwest. Something that doesn't happen often here. Now that Christmas weekend has come and gone, we had our snowed-in holiday weekend (some are still snowed in), and we want to hea...

Send us Fan Mail Today's topic is about snow. Christmas is this week, and at least here, it looks like a snowy weekend is coming. Though we associate the holidays with loved ones and gifts, traditionally, we see images of snow. Could it be about the purity, or because winter time always brings snow? Regardless, it's something that we either like or dislike depending on your traditions. I...

Send us Fan Mail Today's topic is about holiday traditions.  Even if we aren't thinking about it, or actively planning it, traditions can be those things or events we do during this time of year.  Whether it be with family or friends, or just something you take time to do for yourself, just like habits are daily things, traditions are those once in a year habits we do.  Is it something w...

Send us Fan Mail Today's topic is about holiday shopping.  Christmas season is here, whether you celebrate the holiday or not, the holiday season is when a lot of people typically end up a little lighter in the wallet.  Shopping, shopping, and more shopping.  Consumerism is on full display around this time of year, and no matter how hard we try to restrain ourselves, we end up emptying those...

Send us Fan Mail Today's topic is about habits. Especially the habits we have at night before we wind down to bed. Some of us have rituals, routines, or must-do's before we can be at a peace of mind to relax and go to sleep. Now it seems for some that are night owls, can have a harder time sleeping early regardless of whatever we do to relax before bed, but we still have some routine we...

Send us Fan Mail Thanksgiving 2021 is a few days away from the day of this recording. By the time you all hear it, it’s going to be the weekend after. Typically, this time of year calls for celebration and reflection on the year’s past and what we are grateful for. We’ve been through some strange times and the holidays can produce much needed positive vibes. In this episode, we keep it light and t...

Send us Fan Mail Language is all around us, and at the root of it all, it is one of the greatest forms of communication because it is direct and it binds us in a culture of shared understanding.  It can also be barriers, but it doesn't have to be if we take the time to learn and try to understand other languages. In this fun episode, we have a quick discussion about languages in general, and...

Send us Fan Mail Daylight savings just came and went last weekend.  Fall back as the saying goes, so at this time, we get an extra hour back in our lives.  The downside though, is that during this time the sunsets a lot sooner, giving us less daylight hours during the day.  I recently read a short article about people in Finland or Norway (don't quote me) where during winter time they hardly...

Send us Fan Mail November is finally here! And these last 2 months of the year are one my favorites and it’s when we enter the holiday season. During these times, the shopping lists come out, or we begin preparation for hosting or leaving out of town. Either way, this time of year sparks the imagination, or the inspiration, to get up and get things done. In this episode, we talk about our vacation...

Send us Fan Mail In the spirit of Halloween (as this episode will premier on Halloween Day), we discuss a (possibly) hypothetical question:  what would it take for you to be locked up in a haunted house for the night?  For many of us, the paranormal or supernatural have always been a part of our lives, or at least, within our peripheral.  Some are very afraid of it, while some may totally embrace...

Send us Fan Mail I just recently finished watching a movie that was a part of Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe. For those that don’t know, they’re the production company that brought us movies like the Avengers, and all the side films that when watched, you realize are part of this universe—meaning all the movies connect to each other in one form or another. After the end of the film, and of cou...

Send us Fan Mail I read an article recently that had an editorial piece about some common anxieties we get from work. And one of those anxieties is known as “Sunday Scaries.” I personally haven’t heard the term this way before, but I definitely know what it means. Simply it’s the idea, or phenomenon, that our Sundays are just full of anxiety because it’s the last day off before we are back at work...

Send us Fan Mail We love sports around here.  Watching it can entertain, inspire, and cause heartbreak amongst a few emotions that it stirs in us, as passive viewers.  Some can say cheering on your favorite sports team is a culture of life, and others can argue that it is just entertainment that you switch on the same way you would do a movie or show on TV.  For us as friends, we love talking abou...

Send us Fan Mail Football season is back in full force.  Most of us are excited weekly settling in with good food and good company watching the game on TV, or suiting up to stay warm while going out for the big game in person.  The season also spells out the opportunity for friends to get together and play a friendly wager game called Fantasy, or just have loving banters against one another--espec...

Send us Fan Mail People are fascinated with stats.  Sometimes the numbers reveal more depth into a subject or category than we had realized from our perspective on the surface.  This can be in sports, in engineering, for example, and all kinds of topics with data.  In the internet and information world we live in today, you can pretty much find stats in anything.  I did a random quick look into a...

Send us Fan Mail Continuing on with the theme from our previous episodes, like our conversation about materialistic things that impacts our life in one way or another, we dive deeper into choosing that one item that we have to take with us that can help us tremendously when starting new roots elsewhere.  In this episode, we discuss what that personal item is, what it has in common with the general...

Send us Fan Mail Life these days are all about conveniences.  Whether that comes from the gig economy (Uber Eats, Door Dash, Instacart, etc), or just the ability to use our phones to navigate, for instance, we rely on getting things our way quick and efficiently with the least possible amount of movement and in-person interaction.  That may be a controversial thing to say, but maybe not so much as...

Send us Fan Mail Fall is right around the corner from us. It’s incredible that we have gone through almost a full 2nd year of the pandemic (given your own definition of the pandemic, of course). Coming into the last quarter of the year, brings with it cooler weather, longer nights, and maybe a sense of holiday spirit soaring around you. However this Fall season makes you feel, there is a lot to un...