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“Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. “ Helen Keller Rushing into the groomers with Abbie (my 4.5 lb. toy poodle) in tow, I was caught short by the solemn expression on [...]

With more than 20,000 different species, ants are considered to be Earth’s most successful species. They are very social, highly communicative insects who can carry 10 to 50 times their body weight. They are also terribly difficult to get rid of once they invade your space. So what do we have to learn from these [...]

“To know where you can find a thing is the chief part of learning.” Unknown Source The office appointment was at 10:00 a.m.  It was 9:31 and the paperwork was somewhere in one of four locations:  three piles of papers (mail, notes, birthday cards, books, CD’s) or in the filing cabinet.  No luck with it [...]

On this Memorial Day weekend let us celebrate the lives of brave men and women who fought for our Country.  Soldiers gave their lives to a cause that was larger than they were, larger than they could ever be, but which they were an integral part of. How do I honor these brave men and [...]

This morning as I cleaned out a cubbie in my nightstand I found a buried treasure that hadn’t seen the light of day for eighteen months.  It was a gift that shrouded the day.  It is tattered and worn (kinda like me).  I have carried and caressed it for 38 years, cried with it, laughed [...]

“The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself.”  Peter F. Drucker He was a college kid who needed to make some money, so Russell and another buddy developed a simple video on how to construct a potato gun that would shoot [...]

Sailing, rollerblading, hiking, Taekwondo and running were part of the routine.    It was the 90’s.  Our lives were consumed with raising children, working, studying and playing.  Health was taken for granted.  I always joked that we’d have a rollerblading party when I turned 90. Fast forward to July of 2005.  A visit to the neurologist’s office confirmed what [...]