Today I learned from a NDSU colleague that my message to her within the NDSU system was quarantined. Oh my. Apparently, my messages cannot be trusted to mingle with the other email messages. Apparently, in this instance I was recognized as a pariah in the NDSU message system. Where did I go wrong? When did my potential [...]
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The New Forty prophecy…
My son Noah was over last night and we were discussing everything from the evolution of man as a species to the shifts we have and will see in society. Noah is a big thinker and loves to engage in big thoughts and discussions. So of course the Mayan prophecy came up (the prophecy that [...]
I herd that! ;-)
I didn't go to Frisco to see the Bison play in the championship game, but it doesn't mean I wasn't there in spirit. I know so many folks were likewise there in spirit. But when the Bison emerged victorious and clinched the championship title I can tell you that the cheer that arose from not [...]
Self love…
Self love...yes, that is where I am going today. I decided that the only new year resolution that I could adopt and stick to was one of a once a week session of self love. Now, before I cause some of you to run away in horror at what I am going to write next [...]
The new extraordinary…
I always cringe a bit when I hear talk of "curing" autism. I don't think we need to, or can, cure autism. I think what we need to do is understand autism. I also struggle with the labeling of those on the spectrum as having a "disorder" - especially as we see the incidence of diagnosed autism [...]
Mom-me
On any given day I can expect to be referenced as mom or mother by Cheyenne. I am sure she calls me other things as well when I am not around. On a rare occasion she will call me mommy - typically that comes packaged in the phrase, "I love you mommy!" Ah yes, I [...]
Odds and ends…1000 words or less.
The clean slate of the new year has already faded. As I was traveling home from dropping Cheyenne off from school a hundred odds and ends that have skittered to the outside of my life or my consciousness flooded my brain - and then the turkeys crossed Sheyenne Street. The good news is, they ran. They ran [...]
THE NEW FORTY 