Your Clambassador

Your Clambassador

A fun part of being remote is living some place interesting. It could be interesting by it’s nature, or the locals could make up some fun to make it that way. I think every town needs an unofficial town leader, mascot, or symbol. They don’t even need to be...
Joining the Community

Joining the Community

During my first 50-plus years on the planet, I lived in the suburbs, commuted about 30 miles to work, and rarely participated in my community. We would participate in various activities at church, such as soccer and volleyball, and attend bake sales, among others....
Help Your Community

Help Your Community

Remote work is great in that it gives you time to do other things. But what other things are you going to do? I write more, paint more, renovate my children’s houses more, etc. All of these are more or less individual things. I don’t get lonely, but I know...
Leadership Lessons from Bastille Day

Leadership Lessons from Bastille Day

I’m generally not a fan of military parades. Having been in the military, my frame of reference is the military parades of Russia, China, and North Korea. These are shows of force. In France, a military parade is a statement of national pride, revealing a great...
Daycare and Other Broken Things

Daycare and Other Broken Things

It’s been a few decades since I needed to worry about daycare, but it seems to be getting more expensive, less available, and less predictable. Many parents are forced to work from home, either occasionally or on an ongoing basis, due to a lack of child care....
The Future of Government Offices

The Future of Government Offices

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a crystal ball that shows what is going to happen in government? That might be a lot to ask. What about just where government employees are going to work? Even that is a tall order. Let’s assume we aren’t trying to predict...