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Contacting Congress

January 28, 2017May 1, 2024 Jo Tango

As an outdoors person, I’m greatly concerned about a new House Bill that encourages the government to sell 3.3 million acres of public land. If you’re moved to reach out to Congress on a particular issue, here is advice from an insider: call the local office. Don’t email or Tweet, and don’t call the D.C.

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Your Peer Group

January 26, 2017March 23, 2017 Jo Tango

A funny thing happened to me as I got older. I increasingly didn’t have a peer group. When you’re young, you’re put into an elementary school grade. Those students become your friends. That goes on through high school and college. Then, you graduate and start to work for a living and doing things like cooking,

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Jabberwocks

January 26, 2017February 3, 2017 Jo Tango

Earlier this week, our son and his singing group stopped by his old school for an early-morning performance. They later went to his sisters’ school, too. Mrs. T. and I caught their early performance. It was a lot of fun. It was very fulfilling to see him and hear him sing. It made me very

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Avoiding Cable TV

January 23, 2017January 23, 2017 Jo Tango

It’s pretty incredible how technology has progressed. Mrs. T. felt very strongly when we married that we shouldn’t have TV (more here). She thought it would be better for our marriage. And, when we had our first child, she didn’t want TV to be a babysitter. It has paid off. All of our children learned

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A View

January 22, 2017July 2, 2020 Jo Tango

Last light today in the canyon. #nofilter A photo posted by Lance Egan (@lanceeganflyfishing) on Jan 21, 2017 at 7:38pm PST On Instagram, I follow some elite fly fishing anglers. Some are on the national team. Yesterday, one of them posted the picture above. Stunning. The photo reminds me how I feel at the end

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‘By All Means, Keep Moving’

January 17, 2017January 17, 2017 Jo Tango

I yesterday wanted to post something about MLK, Jr. I wanted to find something that inspired me, but I didn’t until this morning. So, here it is: Find your blueprint and follow it A video posted by Tom Brady (@tombrady) on Jan 16, 2017 at 2:08pm PST

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The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder
Tying Small Flies
Fishing Small Flies
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Writing My Wrongs
Simple Path
Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II
Dynamic Nymphing: Tactics, Techniques, and Flies from Around the World
The Sun Also Rises
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The Great Gatsby
The Little Prince
Lost In Place: Growing Up Absurd in Suburbia
The Laughing Sutra
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Man's Search for Meaning
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End


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