Vivien Leigh's iconic line as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire has stayed with me over the years. In that movie she said, "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." I can't say that I identified with that saying though until I moved to my house on the cul-de-sac in West Fargo [...]
Month: November 2010
Book early…
Let me be amongst the first to say this winter - SNOW BLOWS! We aren't even 24 hours into the first significant snowfall of the season and I am already ready to go on record as saying I am over it. Unfortunately, the word is that there is much more of this to come this [...]
The next episode of hoarders…
I had an epiphany yesterday and it wasn't pretty. I had to face the reality that I am a hoarder. Yes...a hoarder. Not like those folks you see on T.V. who have stuff stacked everywhere in their house and can barely move about it (albeit, my post-flood house does presently sort of look like that). [...]
There is no one alive who is youer than you.
I know I am not "normal". I have known that for quite some time now. I spent years trying to be "normal" - years trying to fit in with the other "normal" people. Somewhere in adulthood I gave up on that though...over time it just seemed less important to be "normal" and more important to [...]
Suicide is never the answer.
Cheyenne is not all that big a fan of watching the Oprah show. It records to my DVR daily and then the episodes just pile up until Cheyenne is with her dad and I have the time to sit down for an Oprah marathon. Lately, to sit for even an hour to watch television seems [...]
Props to Innovis…
I have to send out props and much thanks to Innovis Hospital for taking such good care of my dad for the past week that he was there. It was a great relief to know that he was in such caring hands. In particular I want to thank the 4th floor nursing staff who were [...]
The messenger matters…
I support and applaud Fargo Police Department's efforts to address traffic safety concerns with its "Getting it now?" campaign; however, I feel obliged to note that in safety messages - the messenger matters. Safety messages should be pitched and supported by the agency promoting them and/or by a party that has been directly affected by [...]
THE NEW FORTY 