I admit it – I Google almost everything. I can’t help it. Google is quick and easy and supplies you with as much information as you could possibly want. I rationalize that it is the researcher in me that is drawn to powerful search engines, but really it is just a curiosity that is never [...]
Tag: life
I’ve been given clearance…
Today is the first day of fifth grade for Cheyenne. It is a big day that takes me all the way back to the first day of kindergarten - times four. With three children that are over twenty-one, I have already lived these moments before. Surprisingly that does not take the edge off the little [...]
Abandoning my “ish”…
This past February I went to Ghana to work with their emergency management agency and one of their higher education institutions to begin planning for what will ultimately lead to the first emergency management degree program in the country. It was a phenomenal experience. I’ll share all the details another time though as today I [...]
Are you humbly grateful of grumbly hateful?
Cory overlooking the beach from the beach house at sunset - March 2009 Are you humbly grateful of grumbly hateful? The other day I was reading Prairie Woman’s blog (www.areavoices.com/prairiewomn/) and she used a Bonnie Tyler song from the eighties – “Holding Out for a Hero" – to emphasize the struggles of others in society. [...]
Atypical, but enlightening…
I woke up late, which is not a typical occurrence for me. Typically I wake up early and then reserve my being late for those events that occur outside the house and require a more civilized person (which takes dedicated time each morning). I don’t typically start late, I just end up late. I know [...]
Got humor?
Seriously, some folks take themselves too seriously. Do you know anyone like this? These are the folks who bring down the overall adult laugh average both by their lack of laughter and their inability to inspire laughter in others. You have to be able to laugh at life and yourself or you will go mad [...]
Under 42??
I admit it - I went to the fair. I wasn’t going to seeing as my idea of an exciting fair ride is the carousel and since I had already thrown out my deep-fried cheesecake coupon. But Sarah and Dusty were taking Cheyenne and I thought at the very least I could live vicariously through [...]
THE NEW FORTY 