Don’t wait. Just do it.

I was just in Peoria, IL, right after my niece’s extraordinary wedding because my dad had another major stroke in mid-September. He’s currently in a fantastic rehab/skilled nursing facility and doing a lot of physical, occupational, and speech therapy. I don’t know if he will ever leave, but at least they’re doing everything they can [...]

By |2023-11-06T09:40:08-07:00November 6th, 2023|Community, Introspections|0 Comments

Going to the chapel

As a practice, I try to craft my Community Perspectives columns focusing on the CVC's work. After all, we are the Center for a Vital COMMUNITY, and this is our (my) perspective. Often, my personal stories, insights, and experiences enhance this focus. Once in a while, I go completely off community topic, and the Press' [...]

By |2023-09-11T10:51:11-06:00September 11th, 2023|Uncategorized|2 Comments

This could be you

My first involvement of being involved with a nonprofit was somewhat unconventional. About a year after I moved to Sheridan, my brother was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Scared and wanting to do something proactive, I met another Sheridanite who had fought and was beating the same disease.  His family and a few other passionate friends [...]

By |2023-08-30T16:56:44-06:00August 30th, 2023|Community, Community Events|0 Comments

Who are you, really?

Ah, personality quizzes. In bygone days, one took these in magazines. My favorite story about magazine quizzes was when a friend and I went to our newly married friends’ house for Thanksgiving.  While they were preparing for dinner in the kitchen, Mark and I idly picked up a Cosmopolitan lying nearby and paged through it.  [...]

By |2023-08-30T16:54:56-06:00August 30th, 2023|Uncategorized|0 Comments

The mountains are calling

The first summer I worked at the CVC, I contemplated the prospect of CampFIRE (it was then called CiViC Leadership Camp. See the need for re-branding?). The program consists of five days at a remote camp in the Bighorn Mountains with 30 or so thirteen-year-olds.   If that prospect doesn’t strike fear into the hearts of [...]

By |2023-08-30T16:52:48-06:00August 30th, 2023|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Sheridan, it’s time for your close-up

A picture is worth a thousand words.  I’ve always credited Kodak for that, but perhaps I should dig deeper for attribution. Regardless, I have found that so much meaning is instantly conveyed by images, as opposed to mere words. And you know how seriously I take my words. The CVC hosted our first Essential Photovoice [...]

By |2023-08-30T16:49:10-06:00August 30th, 2023|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Civity – the gift that keeps giving

Did everyone survive Thanksgiving a few pounds heavier but with familial relationships mostly intact? ‘Tis the season for ugly political discussions over the big bird. There’s nothing quite like mixing alcohol, simmering resentments, buttery carbohydrates, and long-term misunderstandings to make for unfortunate dinner conversations featuring raised voices and pounding fists. Here at the CVC, we’ve [...]

By |2022-12-06T13:16:39-07:00December 6th, 2022|Community, Community Events|0 Comments

Who’s the smart one here?

Over a drink with some friends the other night, I asked for ideas for this week’s column. One suggested the subject of regret as it pertains to skills your parents attempted to teach you, but you disdainfully waved off at the time. She was particularly disgusted with herself, nigh on these 30 years later, that [...]

By |2022-10-24T14:56:34-06:00October 24th, 2022|Introspections|0 Comments

Back-to-School Realities

If you missed the ads in between the political spots, it's back-to-school time. I have no idea why January, February, and March can’t go by as fast as June, July, and August, but they don’t. It’s a cruel cosmic mystery. My 17-year-old son, Nick, is a senior this year. This is impossible to fathom. I [...]

By |2022-09-22T10:45:12-06:00September 22nd, 2022|Community, Introspections|0 Comments
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