A few months ago I saw a commercial for Olay Total Effects 7-in-one Advanced Anti-Aging Body Wash. It caught my attention immediately because it promised to accomplish a lot of things and the multi-tasker in me loves simple solutions to complex problems (such as a body wash that washes away aging). I went right out and purchased [...]
Author: Ms. C
Buzz off!
I have at least two dozen mosquito bites presently. 10 of those are on my ankles and feet. That is low even for mosquitoes - literally and figuratively. I hate mosquito bites on bony areas of my body. Why don't the little snots aim for something fatty higher up? Hello mosquitoes - how could you miss the [...]
High Noon
When one is out and about traveling for close to a month during June in North Dakota, one knows that one will return home in July to a few things. The first is warm weather; the second is much larger shrubs and flowers; and the third is a varied collection of very happy and healthy weeds. [...]
Sensemaking…
While I was in Canada I received an email through our NDSU faculty list that delivered the sad news that Dr. David Berryhill had passed away over the previous weekend. I must say, I was shocked. The email offered few details and the only additional information that was readily available was a very basic death announcement in [...]
Ah, yes…25 at long last!
Well, it is that time again. Time to look forward to yet another year in the new forty. I started this blog on my initial foray into the new forty and today at day seven hundred and thirty of the new forty I open the door to my third year in the new forty at [...]
Today I write…
On this day when we celebrate the anniversary of our independence as a country I am reminded of the enduring cost of that freedom. Freedom is not a static state that once arrived at can be ignored. It is a commitment to a way of life that bears significant costs and these costs must be paid to [...]
This is about you…
I hereby proclaim by the power vested in me as a human being, blogger and citizen of the universe that July 3rd shall heretofore be known as International Blog Reader Appreciation Day. You may ask as a blog reader why I selected July 3rd as opposed to one of the other 364 days of the [...]
THE NEW FORTY 