It has been over a year since I have visited Emmitsburg, Maryland to participate in a FEMA engagement. And even so, it is like I was here yesterday. This place is just so familiar to me now having been here so many times over the years. I like it here, not to stay forever, but to [...]
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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 [...]
Picture it…
I am out in Emmitsburg, Maryland this week at FEMA's annual Emergency Management Higher Education Conference. I have come to this conference every year since 2004 - nine years straight now. Every year when I first arrive on the campus (at the Emergency Management Institute-EMI) I take a deep breath. It is like breathing in the rarest air [...]
Splashes of happy color…
I have been in Emmitsburg, Maryland at the Emergency Management Institute since Sunday evening. I have been here teaching a class for FEMA with my ever-pleasant colleague David McEntire from the University of North Texas. The class was only a two day class so I'll be headed home bright and early tomorrow morning. That means [...]
The $64,000 Question
I purchased a new magnet for my fridge when I went to Zozo (my favorite airport store) as I traveled home from Maryland the week before last. It asked a very important question and one I would very much like an answer to as I prepare to venture back out to Maryland again to the [...]
Wabi Sabi Wednesday
Life at my second home in Emmitsburg - ah, what a lark. Even when I am working here it never seems like working. It's a double blessing when as part of my work I get to spend time with the fabulous Barbara Johnson. I am in wabi sabi heaven here. I love this place because there are [...]
Putting the wabi back in my sabi…
Last year about this time I wrote about wabi sabi in my blog. Wabi sabi (which comes out of Japanese ideology) focuses on the beauty in imperfection and the wisdom in being satisfied with what you have (as opposed to wishing for or always striving for more). My wabi sabi focus tends to be one [...]
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