Featured Post Community Introspections Is this mic on? How many of you had to take Public Speaking in high school or college? How was that experience for you?…
CVC Introspections Joy and sadness as co-pilots How many of you have seen *Inside Out*? It’s the Disney-Pixar movie that humanizes the emotions of an 11-year-old girl—Joy,…
Introspections Everybody got hamsters Prepare yourselves. I am about to give you a glimpse into the inner workings of my brain. For some, this…
Introspections Capybara for adoption? I’ve often thought that other than my dogs, if given a choice, my emotional support animal would be a capybara,…
Introspections Once a triathlete Several adjectives could be used to describe me. Loud comes to mind immediately. Also, chatty, inquisitive, and boisterous. Descriptors you…
Community Community Events +1 Harvesting the experience of your years Here’s an interesting tidbit I’ve recently learned – the term, legacy, is a loaded word. And there is an invisible…
Introspections MIL and more I have big and exciting news! We’re getting a girl! I can’t say we’re having a girl because that would…
Community Community Events +1 Generosity is infectious here and now I’m writing this as rain finally falls on the Bighorns. I speak for everyone who has watched the mountains burn;…
Community Community Events +1 The travel bug has returned I’m pretty sure I’ve packed more travel into my life in the last two months than in the last several…
Introspections Cleaning out – the gift that keeps giving My niece and I made another pilgrimage to the homeland, Peoria, IL, to visit my dad this week. Not unexpectedly,…
Introspections My way is best – just ask me Welcome back to my column, dear reader! You know that I’ve been covering end of life if you’ve read my…
Community Introspections 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…