Why blog?
Consider these statistics: Over 12 million American adults currently maintain a blog. More than 147 million Americans use the Internet. Over 57 million Americans read blogs. 1.7 million American adults list making money as one of the reasons they blog. 89% of companies surveyed say they think blogs will be more important in the next…
Champion
Champion n. An ardent defender or supporter of a cause or another person. I like that definition of champion. I once heard someone say “he’s my champion. He looks out for me.” Have you got a champion? Are you a champion? HeartofaChampion.org says this about a champion: Champions do what is right even when it…
I went to a garden party
I went to a garden party to reminisce with my old friends A chance to share old memories and play our songs again When I got to the garden party, they all knew my name No one recognized me, I didn’t look the same But it’s all right now, I learned my lesson well. You…
Five Lessons Learned about Networking
We kinda thought “hey, let’s get all the first cousins together for a quick reunion.” Saturday my mother’s family is meeting at the Geneva Church — all 84 of them. Some are here from Alaska and Tennessee. Mom is the oldest living relative left at age 81. The old ones tend to live to 100…
Nonstop Prattle
Nonstop prattle — that’s the description I got for color commentary. Wikipedia defines it as “The color commentator provides expert analysis and background information, such as statistics, strategy and injury reports on the teams and athletes, and occasionally light humor.” Last night Rick Janssen and I were the color commentators for the Franklin County Fair…
Our Town
Every so often you are given the opportunity to play along side some incredible people. That was my pleasure this past weekend in the production of Our Town. I have the great fortune to live in a small town with a big attitude. We get it. Enjoy some clips from our theatrical production of Our…
Who’s your friend?
Facebook does some pretty cool things. One of those things includes showing you some folks you might like to be friends with. I use this feature often and like to meet new people. Most of them are friends of friends. So if you get a request from someone you don’t know, consider that Facebook may…
Just a small tip
Appearance matters. For years I’ve always hoped that I could just “be me”. With the advent of the internet and working from home, that became much easier to do. Then I decided to venture out into my community and become involved. More people were seeing me. A lot of folks know I’m a bit of…
Play
Oh don’t get all excited, thinking about playing. Or maybe do get excited thinking about playing …………… but this quick post is not about that kind of play. It’s about the fact that I’m in a community theatre production of Our Town – a play. Our director is 19. The oldest person in the play…
Through a tourist’s eyes
I traveled with my mom this week to Clark, South Dakota. It’s a trip we’ve taken several times as we go visit cousins. This week, I went as a tourist. What if this were my vacation? What would I be looking for? The first thing we did was get off the interstate. We could have…