Author Archives: Chris

Separating Personal Self-Worth With Job Loss

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Chris

My husband Jim showed me this piece of paper from his construction company that says he’s “necessary” just in case he gets pulled over for being on a job site. We kinda fake-laughed about it. Nope, I don’t have such … Continue reading →

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How Working in the Dirt and Other Ideas Can Help You Through This Crisis

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Chris

This past Sunday I took a big whiff of compost as I used my hoe to work it into my spring garden bed. To me, the combination of homemade compost, moist leaves that were set out in the fall, and … Continue reading →

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Marketing ideas from the yoga mat

Posted on October 10, 2016 by Chris

I’m watching Becky (Becky Conrad that is, co-owner of Raving) instead of concentrating on my breathing. She’s in front of me, doing this yoga pose where her entire body is supported only on her elbows.  I, however, am looking like … Continue reading →

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Say it isn’t so … I’m not ready for summer to end

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Chris

 I’m soooo not ready for fleece and socks    We scarcely have a month left here in Northern Nevada where we can jump into Lake Tahoe without our hearts stopping from the shock of ice-cold water. Yup, the end of … Continue reading →

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Are Millennials “Short on Brains” or are We Too Old To Understand This Generation?

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Chris

Will the casinos of today become irrelevant in the future?  Does it make sense to invest in this future customer now? Or is this discussion just a waste of time? The loud buzz at conferences and in gaming publications, is … Continue reading →

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Special Tribute – What You Didn’t Know About Native American Code Talkers

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Chris

Even Hitler feared their skill – how Native American’s used their own language to save lives in WWI and WWII Every Memorial Day, I have the privilege of writing for Raving Consulting and going off our gaming topic and honoring … Continue reading →

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If kitchen walls could talk

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Chris

Remembering a kitchen – and thanking the parents that made it a home for me  By Christine Faria For years, a funky thermometer hung on the side of the refrigerator. From it, extended the wire that originally held it to … Continue reading →

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Really? You don’t like my homemade cranberry sauce? Oh, yes, it’s Thanksgiving again

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Chris

Really? You don’t like my homemade cranberry sauce? Oh, yes, it’s Thanksgiving again Last night, husband Jim told me that “everyone” preferred the store-bought jellied cranberry sauce over my homemade sauce. He’ll deny that he said it exactly like that. … Continue reading →

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Traveling with the Ghosts of World War II

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Chris

How two travelers from east bufu Reno connect with Nigerian priests, Bavarian beer drinkers and Syrian refugees and the ghosts of WWII My husband, Jim, and I are sitting at the kitchen table of friends, a couple of weeks ago, … Continue reading →

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Remembering Our Fallen

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Chris

I’ll never forget your smile: How we can honor the fallen and have compassion for our returning veterans this Memorial Day. It’s 1983, and a group of us teenagers are piled into the back of a small pickup truck. It’s … Continue reading →

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