Who doesn't love a hero? What else but admiration can you have for someone who swoops in to save the day? The hero of the day for me is Jim Johnson who saved three very young kittens Friday who were being attacked by hornets. Amy Dalrymple's story about Jim Johnson captures all the high drama [...]
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A duty to report…
Some things I feel I have a duty to report...a duty as a woman, as a good citizen, as an international ambassador. I take this duty seriously. As such, I feel obliged to inform you that on November 4th in Hankinson, North Dakota at the Dakota Magic Casino there will be a cohort of important [...]
The manner of traveling…
Margaret Runbeck said, "Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling." I try and remember this - the fact that I can choose how to frame my world. Sometimes I do forget...sometimes I travel in a less than positive frame that I allow others to create. But always, I come back [...]
Blame it on the Dunkel…
Sometimes when you travel "stuff" happens. That is undoubtedly the origin of the saying, "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas." Well, Vegas has got nothing on Toronto, because Toronto has David Black. And let me tell you folks, when you visit a city and spend an evening with one of the locals who understands [...]
Eh?
I am in Toronto, Canada today speaking at the Emergency and Disaster Planning Summit for colleges, universities, and K-12 schools. I am fortunate to have been asked to speak about Teen CERT - a program near and dear to my heart. Even more fortunate though is the fact that three of my favorite colleagues are [...]
Color my world…
I have always loved the changing of the leaves in the Fall. Every year I tell myself that I will find a day or two when I can just venture out and soak all the colors in; but, every year something comes up and by the time I finally find time to get out to [...]
The shopping hotspot…
Well, apparently one woman's trash is another woman's treasure...along with about a half dozen neighborhood boys. The reclaiming of the garage from the abyss over the weekend created a pile of trash at the curb awaiting trash pick-up. As you may recall from my blog Sunday, the items that we believed had the potential for [...]
THE NEW FORTY 