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Author Archives: Chris
Separating Personal Self-Worth With Job Loss
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
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
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
Posted in Career and Life, Casino, Casino Gaming, Feel Good, Health, Marketing, Sweaty Fat Girl - Working Out
Tagged free classes, patagonia, yoga
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Say it isn’t so … I’m not ready for summer to end
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?
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
Posted in Casino, Casino Gaming, Marketing, Uncategorized
Tagged casino gaming, millenial gaming, the future of casino gaming
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Special Tribute – What You Didn’t Know About Native American Code Talkers
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
If kitchen walls could talk
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
Posted in Family, Feel Good
Tagged Alzheimer's, caring for the elderly, dementia, high school memories
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Really? You don’t like my homemade cranberry sauce? Oh, yes, it’s Thanksgiving again
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
Traveling with the Ghosts of World War II
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
Posted in Career and Life, Family, Feel Good, History, Travel, Veterans
Tagged bavaria, bologna, bolognese sauce, ferrari, fulda, germany, italy, poppenhausen, refugees, syrians, travel, venice
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Remembering Our Fallen
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
Posted in Family, Feel Good, History, Profiles, Uncategorized, Veterans
Tagged memorial day, soldiers, the fallen, veterans
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