I love being able to do the work I do. It is work that I am privileged to do and I am honored to be able to contribute to the emergency management community. Alas, it often requires travel and too much travel can get old. I am a Cancer - as in, that is my astrological sign. Cancers [...]
Mama knows best.
When I moved to North Dakota in 1997, my two oldest children were teenagers in high school. They were not fond of the idea that they were moving from Orange County, California to Kindred, North Dakota. When we arrived in small town North Dakota and settled in on the corner of Elm Street they captured their [...]
The kinder, gentler airport…
When I travel to Emmitsburg alone, I fly into the Harrisburg airport instead of BWI. The reason I do that is because the navigation from Harrisburg to Emmitsburg is much less complicated and the drive is more scenic. I am not the biggest fan of driving in strange places to begin with and when you [...]
Petunia balls…
It occurred to me at about 6:30 AM this morning that if one must be up and about at such an ungodly hour they should at least have their landscape punctuated with petunia balls. That is about the only way 6:30 AM in the morning can be made palatable at the Minneapolis airport. Thank goodness [...]
Oops! I did it again…
I say I work well under pressure and after saying it enough times and other folks witnessing it, they too now say I work well under pressure. But I have to tell you folks, the truth is I don't work well under pressure. I work under pressure and I typically get the job done, but I do [...]
What could have been…
The NDSU family lost a member Sunday morning. Colby Jacob Anderson, a freshman at NDSU and all of 18, was killed when he was struck by a train. Apparently a group of four attempted to cross the tracks at 3 AM on Sunday near 12th Avenue and Dakota Drive and Colby didn't make it. It [...]
Weird – level 10.
I am weird, but I don't have to tell you that. Anyone who has read a handful of my blogs can easily arrive at that conclusion. There are levels of weird though - and let's face it, the level matters. It is easy to tolerate a little bit of weirdness - indeed, we may even [...]
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