Alison Hodgson

Expert on the etiquette of perilous times.

Labor Relations Update

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I don’t have time to give the details.  In summary, it’s gone from bad to worse.

I spoke yesterday and am heading to Lansing in a couple hours to speak again tonight.  I will spare you the details, suffice it to say I am not well.  
Remind me to tell you about:
  •  the two teams here at OTJ
  • conferences – nature vs. nurture vs. birth order vs. WT…!
  • the lunchroom – oh adolescence!

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In preparing a talk I listen for what I am to say.  It’s like following a winding road.  At times I end up where I planned, but often enough I arrive in a different place.  This journey of listening, hearing, ruminating, letting it sit and waiting for it all to coalesce is something I am learning to yield to.  If I give myself time to walk this road, I know I will get some place.

The difficulty isn’t so much in determining what to say, but in knowing what doesn’t need to be said.

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Happy Saturday!

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I am holed up in the loft of a cabin on a lake.  I am at a camp with a couple friends speaking at a retreat.  Tonight I told the story of how Paul and I tried to have a romantic get away and I got food poisoning.  At one point I had to stop because I was laughing so hard.  Fortunately everyone was laughing with me…or at least I think so.  

I need to get up to get a hat because it is FREEZING up here.  Sadly the sheets are some sort of unnatural fiber.  But I don’t care, because tomorrow when I lift my head and look out the window I will see the water.