My 15 year old daughter Cheyenne who fancies herself as the knower of all things cool and all things obviously not cool (I live in the latter category in her estimation), is totally enraptured with Disney's movie Frozen. We saw it when it first came out and when it was all said and done, I [...]
Author: Ms. C
The Colorful Eclectic
At the beginning of 2014, Mike and I agreed that we would indulge his woodworking and building hobby by starting a little side business. The business, The Colorful Eclectic, was officially born in January. In our initial conversations about the business the plan was for Mike to slowly build an item here and there over [...]
Humans of Fargo
I love, love, love the new Facebook group called Humans of Fargo! It features the varying faces of Fargo. They span age, gender, ideology, jobs, hobbies - yet they are all collectively - us. Humans of Fargo was created by Kaytlin Dargen and Nicole Mendoza. It was inspired by Humans of New York a page [...]
Snippets…
Tonight I would like to share a handful of snippets that are not necessarily related, except to the extent that they are floating around in my head. I cannot pick one single thing to write about, so I will mention them all briefly. First of all, another tragic event occurred today in Pennsylvania at the [...]
Me and the mini-van…
Our working group concluded its work today. We accomplished a great deal as a group, but I accomplished even more. I managed to avoid driving the mini-van the entire time. I traveled with others here, there, and everywhere - I selfishly shlepped along with whomever had an empty seat. Not that anyone was dying to [...]
My Lyn top…
I was out on an outlet mall visit the other evening with part of the group here in Emmitsburg for the FEMA working group, and I had a realization - I do not have an accurate take on how others see me. I have been clued in over the years to the fact that people view [...]
Ah, Emmitsburg…
It has been over a year since I have visited Emmitsburg, Maryland to participate in a FEMA engagement. And even so, it is like I was here yesterday. This place is just so familiar to me now having been here so many times over the years. I like it here, not to stay forever, but to [...]
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