Years ago I caught in Ann Lander's column a piece called Pity the Childless Couple. The original piece was penned by Rosalyn South in 1957 for a magazine called The American Mercury (thank you Barbara Mikkelson of Snopes for the info). The original had some revisions made to it by the time I read it [...]
Tag: commitment
Cheating is a sad and awkward dance…
I never cease to be amazed at how blinding affairs can be to folks' sensibilities. Often colleagues and coworkers can see the telltale signs even as the two with their heads in the clouds feel like they are acting as covert as Russian double agents. Yet those in the midst of an affair become detached [...]
Positive vibes indeed.
Whenever I travel, I try and regularly check the daily news in The Forum online (InForum). Glancing over the InForum site daily is the way that I stay grounded in the sensibilities of home. Today I read a heartwarming story of a girl's commitment to her blind horse. The horse is a 23-year-old show horse registered as [...]
Ensuring freedom is not for the faint of heart…
Today we celebrate America's independence. Today we revel in our freedom. Today we stand united in our patriotism. But today as we celebrate, we must acknowledge that this freedom we celebrate has been hard fought and won on the backs of true patriots - members of the military, past and present - and their families. There is a [...]
Remembrance…
Remembrance...it is more than just a word, it is a commitment. Today let us remember all who gave of themselves for this country. We have lost so many men and woman in the defense of democracy and human rights. Men and women whose contribution to society, while known generally, can never be fully appreciated for its [...]
Dear Governor Dalrymple and Members of the North Dakota Legislature…
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 [...]
Day-in and day-out.
If you have just stumbled upon The New Forty you may not have yet realized that this is a daily blog. By that I mean that every day since my first day of blogging here on Area Voices I have created a blog post. Today marks day eight hundred and eighty-two of The New Forty. [...]
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