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Mark Morgan Ford

Two New Chapters: Charity’s Hidden Lessons and Building Art Collections from Scratch
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Two New Chapters: Charity’s Hidden Lessons and Building Art Collections from Scratch

Jan 17, 2025 1 min read

With the “Works in Progress” issues, my goal is to include three chapters a month. But one of the chapters that I had planned for this month – another…

The Challenge of Charity: Wealth, Responsibility, and Noblesse Oblige in the Developing World
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The Challenge of Charity: Wealth, Responsibility, and Noblesse Oblige in the Developing World

Jan 17, 2025 16 min read

Chapter 3 of The Challenge of Charity In Chapter 2, I talked about some of the mistakes my partners and I made early on with Rancho Santana, the resort…

Starting Over at 60: A Reader’s Financial Recovery Plan
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Starting Over at 60: A Reader’s Financial Recovery Plan

Jan 17, 2025 2 min read

A personal note from longtime reader DC: “I have a question and seek your advice, please.” “Previously your advice – whether shared in your writings…

The COVID Conspiracy: Why My Skepticism Was Justified
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The COVID Conspiracy: Why My Skepticism Was Justified

Jan 17, 2025 1 min read

“Just One Thing” February’s “Just One Thing” issue will be a challenge for me. The topic is COVID – the disease and the vaccine. Longtime readers know…

A Sweet Film About Objects, Memory, and Connection
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A Sweet Film About Objects, Memory, and Connection

Jan 17, 2025 1 min read

“My Mom’s Motorcycle” A sweet and sentimental short film about the past and the future and our connections between objects and people

My New Rating System for Books and Films
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My New Rating System for Books and Films

Jan 10, 2025 2 min read

In this, the first monthly “Review” issue of 2025, I’m introducing a new feature – a rating system. It’s something I’ve been cooking up in recent years…

Literature and Life Lessons: Book Reviews of Cicero, Stephen Crane, and Randy Pausch
Self Help

Literature and Life Lessons: Book Reviews of Cicero, Stephen Crane, and Randy Pausch

Jan 10, 2025 9 min read

Stoic Paradoxes by Cicero A New Translation by Quintus Curtius 106 pages Paperback published 2015 I’ve done what I’d consider the basic requirements of…

Maria Callas’s Final Act: A Biopic Worth Your Time
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Maria Callas’s Final Act: A Biopic Worth Your Time

Jan 10, 2025 11 min read

Maria A biopic about the last years of Maria Callas in Paris in the 1970s Directed by Pablo Larraín Starring Angelina Jolie Released Aug. 2024 Watch…

46 More Books I Might Read in 2025
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46 More Books I Might Read in 2025

Jan 10, 2025 13 min read

46 More Books I Might Read in 2025 Since I began writing Early to Rise in 2000, I’ve challenged myself to read at least 50 books a year. For a fast…

Why Growers Need Tenders (and Vice Versa)
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Why Growers Need Tenders (and Vice Versa)

Jan 10, 2025 2 min read

From KW re my article about “Growers and Tenders” in last week’s issue: “Growers and Tenders… interesting concept. I have always considered myself an…

Weekly Works In Progress Spotlight
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Weekly Works In Progress Spotlight

Jan 10, 2025 1 min read

The “Works in Progress” issue of the week.

10 very long movies that are actually worth watching, according to Far Out Magazine…
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10 very long movies that are actually worth watching, according to Far Out Magazine…

Jan 10, 2025 1 min read

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