Dear Governor Dalrymple and Members of the North Dakota Legislature, I believe in the State of North Dakota's power to be a leader in the nation. This leadership has been evidenced increasingly nationally as other states look to North Dakota's strong economy, well-run government, and high quality of living as models worthy of emulation. North [...]
Tag: change
Oh yes, they heard you now.
The buck stops here - actually, the two bucks. I was incensed when I first read that Verizon Wireless was going to charge a $2.00 fee for one-time credit and debit payments. Verizon decided upon the added charge as the fees the credit card companies charge them to process these type of payments have been cutting into their bottom line - and they [...]
What’s love got to do with it?
I noticed something a few weeks ago - "love" was not in my frequently used tags on my blog's home page. The tags that show up in the tag cloud on the right-hand side of my home page indicate first by their appearance and second by their size the number of times the tag has been [...]
Who needs a smart phone when you have a psychic one?
I am struggling with a transition. For a couple of years now I have had a flip phone with a touch screen that is in a word - cute. Well, perhaps I should say aesthetically pleasing as "cute" should perhaps be reserved as a descriptor for chubby-cheeked babies and puppies. My aesthetically pleasing phone, even with [...]
Au revoir Alpengruss
Today we head back through Ottawa to Syracuse and we say a final farewell to the Alpengruss. Actually it is more an au revoir. We may someday revisit the Alpengruss, but I surmise it will not be the same. You see, Ruth and Wolfgang are selling the Alpengruss after running it for 24 years. In [...]
A state of ignorance…
I must confess that I had been actively engaging in a state of ignorance over the past handful of months. I knew it was probably not right, but I did it anyway - perhaps because facing the reality head-on was too much at the time or perhaps because I am obstinate. Regardless of the reason [...]
Yes, that is a full gallop.
Well-known journalist Liz Smith once said, "The most successful women don't run from change; they run toward it." Yes Liz, I think you are right about that. Can you please call my institution's new president, Dr. Dean Bresciani, and let him know that? I want him to understand why I am approaching at a full [...]
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