I am not exactly sure when it became my regular habit to check the weekly Menards ad, but suffice to say it has been going on for a few years now. I realize that the pairing of me and Menards is probably an unlikely one in most folks' minds. I am not at all personally [...]
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They are all “our” children…
I was grateful to see President Obama on television this evening speaking at the Memorial Service in Newtown, Connecticut. I felt that the members of that community and the country needed to hear the President acknowledge that the horror of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary is a shared sorrow. In the President's comments he referred to the [...]
We shall find peace…
We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels; we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds. ~Anton Chekhov Charlotte Bacon, 2/22/2006 Daniel Barden, 9/25/2005 Olivia Engel, 7/18/2006 Josephine Gay, 12/11/2005 Ana Marquez-Greene, 4/4/2006 Dylan Hockley, 3/8/2006 Madeleine Hsu, 7/10/2006 Catherine Hubbard, 6/8/2006 Chase Kowalski, 10/31/2005 Jesse Lewis, 6/30/2006 James Mattioli, 3/22/2006 Grace McDonnell, 11/4/2005 [...]
Is this the world we want to live in?
I was horrified and sickened today to learn of the shooting in Connecticut where it is reported 27 people have been confirmed dead - 18 of which are reported to be children. My God, is this the world we want to live in? What must we do to curb this type of violence? What do we [...]
Set free to soar…
Well, tomorrow is graduation day at NDSU. 13 of our emergency management majors are graduating as well as a number of our minors. My emotions each graduation are a mix of happiness for the graduates and melancholy that I will likely not see them again for a long time. But as I often say, my little birds, [...]
I am okay with standing alone…
Over recent months I have become aware of some very concerning information about an organization of which I am a member. The concerning part has to do with money management - or lack thereof. This is quite concerning as this organization has taken in over 13 million dollars over the past decade and only have about a million in their [...]
Ditto.
I love, love, love the homeowner in Maricopa, Arizona who came up with the best holiday light display EVER. The homeowner, Kristina Green, lives next door to home that is using 16,000 lights to create a holiday extravaganza. Ms. Green didn't think she could compete with that so she created her own unique holiday tribute. Photo from [...]
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