Sunday Update: Sore Feet
Another quick week – with half of it spent on my feet. That means I walked at least 5000 steps each day – because I wasn’t always sitting at my desk. Three days this week were spent at Leadership Iowa in Des Moines with the focus on State Government. We traversed the State Capitol, the…
You’re the Expert
I flew back to Iowa on Saturday. Seated next to me was a gentleman from Korea and he asked me what I did for a living. I told him I was an Executive Director for a local Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Jeong asked me what was a Chamber of Commerce. I explained I had the pleasure of…
Sunday Update: Alone
It’s winter. It’s cold. Damn cold here. When it gets this cold, I go to work and I go home. When I get home, I find something to eat. Because I’ m bored. Or I’m alone. Or I don’t have anything to do It is seldom because I’m hungry. At least that’s my old pattern.…
Saveyour.town Update
Becky McCray and Smallbizsurvival.com did a survey of rural challenges – they actually went to small towns and asked questions of small town people. Over 200 people in small towns participated and shared what their challenges were and what topics they most wanted help with. This was not a survey conducted by some big company…
Sunday Update: Here’s a Thought
It’s a new year. Typically it is a time we talk about making resolutions and making promises to ourselves and sharing them with the world. This year I will … I promise to … I really want … I read an article this morning where the author talked about what are we willing to suffer…
Three Words: 2016
Usually I have this post written in November. Much has happened this year for me – most of it personally. Thinking about how three words can direct the course and intention of my life in this year has not been at the top of my thinking list. Yet.. yet, those three words and the idea…
Sunday Update: Redefining Normal
I thought the holidays would be a disaster. Oh I had some no bake chocolate cookies and some orange cookies, enjoyed some Pecan Piehole Whiskey, and had three mini lemon biscuits. Those were the treats I had decided ahead of time I was going to eat over the three days of celebration. I didn’t…
What I Know To Be True
Family matters most. My brother is just another version of me. We share a sense of humor. He’s got my back, I have his. He makes me nuts, I make him nuts. My nieces and nephews and the greats just light me up! Giving is more joyous than receiving. Buying gifts for the kids…
Sunday Update: Holidays and Grief
Many people, more than you think, don’t do well during the holidays. Some are dealing with Seasonal Affective Disorder. Others have recently lost loved ones and holidays are hard to celebrate without them. Depression is difficult all the time, let alone during the holidays. First things first: if you are the sufferer, please get help.…
The Family Farm
When I grew up I played in the corn and the wild grass and under the biggest tree in the county I climbed many trees and walked the creek with my grandpa in search of a big fish I played around tombstones and pretended I was a preacher In the grass under a circle of…