I have been ill at ease ever since I learned the identity of the young woman who was killed in Fargo on November 23rd in the double murder perpetrated by David Stevens. That young woman was Sam Wickenheiser, a young woman I came to know back when she was a happy and energetic grade school [...]
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Embrace life.
An emergency management colleague posted a fabulous PSA on one of the discussion boards I subscribe to that I want to share with you today. Click here to view what I believe is one of the most powerful reminders of why folks should wear a seat belt. The PSA was created a couple of years [...]
Alcohol + Driving = Tragedy
I really don't understand why folks continue to drink and drive after so many years of focused efforts by schools, police, government, and social service agencies to send the message of how disturbingly dangerous it is. I thought when the laws relating to driving under the influence were stiffened that the potential penalties would substantially curb the [...]
New underwear?
When folks engage in affairs (emotional, physical, or both) they enter a mental and emotional state wherein their ability to maintain clarity and sensibility about the realities of life fade away. It is a state that produces a fog very similar to new love, but that is complicated by the covert nature of the relationship - the [...]
Her home is her palace.
I love Robin Allebach’s attitude. Her home is her palace and her palace is 324 square feet. Robin has one of those little square houses I love so. Tammy Swift of The Forum wrote a lovely article about Robin today. The article focused on the size of Robin's house, but reiterated a message that really [...]
Choices…
I don't always do well with choices where my options are many. On Thursday eve the kids and I went to the new Mexican restaurant on University and I knew I was going to struggle as soon as I saw the menu - too many options to choose from. There were literally hundreds of options...had [...]
Play at your own risk…
The well-known photographer Cecil Beaton said, “Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.” That wasn't just a euphemistic suggestion on Cecil's part designed to encourage others to pursue their hopes, dreams and [...]
THE NEW FORTY 