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Happy Mother’s Day
I’m one of the luckiest daughters in the world. I have a phenomenal mother. She worked for over 40 years as a school teacher. It was okay for single women to teach in the 50’s. But when they got married they were expected to stay at home and take care of their husband and raise…
Read More5 Reasons to Volunteer
Oh boy – someone else asking me to do something for free. I bet that’s what you are thinking. Yes, we can use some volunteers at the Franklin County Historical Society. We need people to help create tours and lead them, to clip newspaper articles and obituaries, to file things, to work in the museum,…
Read MoreSelling the family farm
My dad is in the hospital. Has been for almost a month now. He’s got diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, and Alzheimer’s. In the past 4 days his mental state has rapidly deteriorated and his blood sugar is low. The nurse tells me the low blood sugar or perhaps a urinary tract infection can cause the…
Read MoreDreaming in Real Life
Image by nickwheeleroz via Flickr We have two flower shops in our community. One is closing. The two shops share orders from their wholesalers – because individually they can’t afford it. So with shop number 1 going out of business, it may very well put enough pressure on shop number 2 to go out of …
Read MoreSocial Media for Real Estate People
Image by John T Pilot via Flickr How do you help a real estate agent and broker use social media to improve her business – and ultimately her bottom line? Facebook: Create a fan page. Build your fans from your local county – but reach out to other surrounding counties. Start with Chamber of Commerces,…
Read MoreWarrior
Image via Wikipedia I’m operating in Warrior Mode. A warrior, to me, is someone who reaches for the highest fruit on the tree. Someone who is willing to learn and be more. Someone who has discipline and honor. Someone who believes life is sacred and we are invited to be grand in our experience of…
Read MoreTai Chi in Three
Image via Wikipedia I’ve been a student of tai chi over the years. Perhaps I should say I’ve been a fan. I’ve lived in a few different places over the years and taken many tai chi classes. There are many different forms of tai chi and I have not learned totally even one of them.…
Read MoreSave Our History
What if you could make a difference and save your local history all at the same time? You can. And it’s not hard. You just have to want to be involved. I’ll tell you a story and share an idea. In my community there was a group of people in the 1970’s and 1980’s who…
Read MoreSaturday After Crucifixion
Yesterday, Good Friday, Jesus was killed. His mother and Mary Magdalene saw him crucified. I wonder what they were thinking on Saturday. It must have been a day full of sorrow and grief. Yet…. didn’t Jesus tell them he’d come back? They knew he could raise people from the dead. Did they wonder and hope?…
Read MoreGet Rid of It
It’s amazing the amount of things we collect. I am selling my 1991 Cadillac*. Over 200,000 miles and a gas guzzler. I’ve bought a smaller car and it’s time to let Baby the Cadillac go. That means I had to clean it out. It’s been parked since January. That’s only three months. I had 3…
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