My neighbor Kyle just retired. I imagine this life transition will be an interesting one for Kyle as he is a "do-er" and now he has a lot more time to "do". Not that he doesn't know how to relax - he is the king of the neighborhood bonfire society; but rather, that he is [...]
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There’s a new social butterfly in town…
I fully recognized something today...I realized that I am now one of those "older" people who find unending delight in having conversations with children. It's been coming for awhile. I can recall the first steps down this road. They came after Cheyenne started school. At first is was just babies and toddlers that I was drawn [...]
Have you hugged your fire extinguisher lately?
There was a fire today in West Fargo. The house on fire was one that sits on Sheyenne Court (the street whose backyards abut to the backyards on my street). Mike caught sight of it at about 5:40 PM and was over the fence and heading in that direction before I could even get 911 [...]
I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
Vivien Leigh's iconic line as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire has stayed with me over the years. In that movie she said, "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." I can't say that I identified with that saying though until I moved to my house on the cul-de-sac in West Fargo [...]
THE NEW FORTY 