2019 January Paso Robles Magazine

Something Worth Reading
“The Story of Us”
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Nicholas Mattson
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Hayley Mattson
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Melissa Chavez
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Heather Young
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Lori Foster
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Bec Braitling
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Lynne Schmitz
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Millie Drum
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Pam Osborn
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“I am enough of an artist
to draw freely upon my
imagination. Imagination
is more important than
knowledge. Knowledge
is limited. Imagination
encircles the world.
— Albert Einstein
"Be the change you want to
see in the world."
— Mahatma Gandhi
It’s right about this time,
the evening before we
go to press, that I get
a chance to reflect on the
massive effort that goes into
producing our publications
by dozens of teammates. As
the cold and dark surrounds us this time of year, it brings to mind how we
rely on each other — for work, for play, for love, and for life.
Each year it seems my wife and I come to appreciate this season on a
deeper level. Our children make it that much more important to get it right
— and admit when we are wrong. We live in a crazy world — it was crazy
when there were just a thousand humans, and it is crazy with seven billion;
it was crazy when we fashioned tools from stone and were unaware of what
thunder was, and it is crazy now that we hunt for the next big thing and
realize we are on a small speck spinning 1,000 miles per hour and hurtling
at a mind-boggling 67,000 miles per hour around our wonderful, life-giving
star we call the rising Sun.
I imagine it will always be crazy. I imagine it will always offer adventure
and heartache. I imagine there will always be something to learn, whether
it is one set of eyes looking into the starry sky seeking answers to questions,
or whether it is seven billion sets staring into screens.
We are on spaceship Earth. We are going where no man or woman has
gone before, and we are home, all at the same time.
Looking back on 2018, I hope everyone has learned something. I imagine
everyone learned a little something different. Among other things, I learned
that beef jerky is a meat raisin. That was a mind-blower. I learned a few
other things too, from books. I love publishing magazines, because I love
connecting people to something enriching — a big thank you to those who
believe in what we do, and to the advertisers who partner with us — but a book
is a whole other level; literally pure imagination.
I did grow up a little in 2018, and got some grey hair in my beard and
more hair in my ears — that is pretty fun. I fell in love more with my wife
— that was rewarding. My kids grow up faster than I thought — that is
scary, wonderful, and scary.
What will 2019 bring? What adventure awaits? What heartbreak looms?
What crazy idea will revolutionize the world yet once again? We look forward
to being there every step of the way. I imagine, it will not be a year for
the faint of heart or poor of spirit. It will be a year to live blessed, and charge.
Please enjoy this issue of PASO Magazine.
Nicholas Mattson
805-239-1533
nic@pasomagazine.com
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If thou wouldest win Immortality
of Name, either do things worth
the writing, or write things
worth the reading.
— Thomas Fuller, 1727
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