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On the Heels of Tomorrow

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

Here she is, folks, one year ago when she turned 5. Echo saw this photo this morning and said, “What’s wrong with my face?”. It’s funny how little sense of our selves (in our ever-changing flux) we actually have, isn’t … Continue reading →

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What’s the Hurry, Kid? *

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

Originally posted on "A Beautiful Place of the World":
It’s a classic story. Nearly every parent says, “Jeez, the time goes by so fast,” or some version thereof. We lament how quickly our little ones grow up. We…

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I’m thankful for… The (Global) Empathy Hotline!

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

Hello World. I have some exciting news and gratitudes I’d like to share with you today. First I want to say thanks to Ashoka who created Activating Empathy which held a contest we entered last year with our company Feeleez. Ashoka still … Continue reading →

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I’m Thankful for… these Ladies

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

I’m finding myself wanting to make a little habit of this week-ending gratitude thingy. So I’m here today to offer a few appreciationals about these four amazing ladies in my life. Natalie and Echo were gone this week to Portland … Continue reading →

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A Return to Self

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

Greetings friends, family, and fellow blog-watchers: I’ve been out of the proverbial loop for the last month, and a bit fuzzy-headed for several months, so I wanted to take the opportunity to reconnect here and fill you in on some … Continue reading →

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Summer-A-Go-Go

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

For our family, Summer has now official started! One of the first indicators was the beginning of Bella’s vacation from school and the corollary arrival of our “biggest sister” to her Missoula home. Xi and Echo nearly launched into orbit … Continue reading →

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What’s Been Going On

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

Dear Friends (including those I have yet to actually meet in any fashion): I’ve missed you, and I’ve missed coming here to commune with you, and to tell you what I’ve been thinking about and what the [current] “haps” is … Continue reading →

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Home Again Home Again

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

We made it back home yesterday. After winding through some of my favorite parts of America and sharing some of my favorite vistas with my family, and sharing my family with those same places, we drove into Montana yesterday afternoon, … Continue reading →

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On the Road Again…

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

As some of you, no doubt, already know from Natalie’s blog, the McTague family has launched itself on a good ole fashioned, classically Americana-styled, road trip vacation. Monday morning we set out across the wild-green, river-swollen wilderness of Montana and … Continue reading →

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Let the Fun Begin!

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

This girl. When she comes in, the contours of the room bulge outward under the weight of her gigantic presence. When they know she’s coming for the weekend, or when it’s coming to the end of any length of time since they … Continue reading →

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Death and Tenderness

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

Some cat killed a bird in our yard the other day. By some cat, I mean either one of our own two cuddly killers, or the strange new neighbor cat who was only a half-hour earlier shooed away from our … Continue reading →

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Holiday Fun: Phase 2

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

The candle-lighting of the menorah during Hanukah is a major (usually the first major) landmark in our Yule celebrations each year. Hanukah is one of those holidays that the dates of observance shift a bit each year — and even … Continue reading →

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Speaking of Candles…

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

We celebrated the last night of Hanukah yesterday and already I am missing the nightly time spent with the season’s center piece — the menorah. We aren’t Jewish and we aren’t waxing religious, but the evening candle-lighting ceremony has come … Continue reading →

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Putting a Candle in the Window

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

Natalie and I recently watched the movie Everyday People. In it there is a scene in which a young man about to enter college, who is estranged from his father, is in a restaurant speaking to an older man who has … Continue reading →

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Up to our Armpits in Holiday Spirit

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

Well — we’ve officially hit the holiday season, and hit the ground running this year. Perhaps it’s been the unseasonably wintery winter that arrived with Thanksgiving. Perhaps it is the earlier observance of Hanukah this year. Or maybe just that … Continue reading →

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