It is a sad day here. This morning after jumping up behind me on my desk chair and giving me one of his paw over my shoulders hugs, my loyal cat Bogie went upstairs under my bed and died. I knew that something was horribly wrong about fifteen minutes after the hug when I called [...]
Tag: loss
My favorite Lion…Lion Lyle Swor.
I was going to give an after action report of my recent trip to Maryland today and update you on the status of my luggage, but when I opened my NDSU email today I received news that preempted all of that. I received the terribly sad news that my favorite Lion, Lion Lyle Swor, passed [...]
It ends today…
I was going to provide you a pictorial update of my San Antonio shenanigans today, but instead I want to take this opportunity to urge you to watch a short YouTube video created by Bruce Kelly on his push for an anti-bullying law in North Dakota. In this video Bruce talks about Cassidy Joy Andel [...]
What remains of #316…
I am done writing about the fire on this blog after this post - I don't want to give it another minute of my life. I may write about folks' thoughtfulness, graciousness, kindness and support in regard to the fire, but that is it. I hate fire and I can't dwell in this mindset any [...]
The other side of yesterday…
So here I am - on the other side of yesterday. The sun is out and I think I took my first full deep breath since Monday evening. Not that life has gotten any less complex or hectic - those are endemic characteristics of my life - but I do feel less weight on my [...]
It has been a long week…
It has been a long week since the fire- even though it hasn't really been a whole week. It is hard to believe it has only been four days. Indeed, it seems like it has been weeks not days. On the Galleria Fire Facebook page someone posted a link to photos taken inside the building [...]
What the fire took…
Photo by Michael Vosburg, The Forum I was supposed to be on a plane about now...but last night the apartment building that both my sons live in was severely damaged in a massive fire. There was a very scary period early on in the evening when we couldn't reach via telephone or locate my older [...]
THE NEW FORTY 