Are you as baffled and biased about all the advertising as I am, seeing the early “Black Friday” sales, sales that start on Thanksgiving, or even as early as Wednesday? My gut reaction is to weep that such a day has become so corrupt and the antithesis of its original purpose: to give thanks for […]
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Many first-timers are looking at this: or… you may be here: and you’re hoping to turn it into this: Well, not to worry, I’ve got your six, I’ve got you covered. I wrote this out to be idiot-proof – literally taking you step to step. Here you go: First,…
With all the news about the screw ups for our Veterans, this must just be said. The care and service provided to burying our Veterans is so well done, it breaks and sooths your heart in the same moment. The following is a letter I wrote to say thank you. I wanted to share it […]
I spent this past weekend in San Diego, California at my brother, Sean Edward Duggan’s Memorial. There were maybe 50 people in attendance. We came together in a restaurant, not a church, to commemorate a good man, who lived life well, on his own terms, achieving extraordinary highs and equally resounding falls. There were nine […]
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A friend of mine in another state is having her 60th birthday party and sent me an e-vite. It’s an important year for all of us turning 60. It’s a sort of road map that says: “Two-thirds of the way done…” There was an excellent deal on air fares and I searched thru, thinking I […]
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Second article in a series of being prepared for an emergency. First, you’ve got to have water, next, you’ve got to have food. But what kind of food? How much food? Well, how long of an emergency are you preparing for? A couple of days, a week, six months?…
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Beginning a new category – Stocking Up the Cupboard, Freezer, and Under the Couch. Why? Because stuff happens. I was posting with another friendly blogger and we got to commenting on good times to stock up, i.e., March is freezer month. I have been in emergency management (EM) in…
You would have to be dead, deaf, dumb and blind to have missed coverage on Ebola, whether you are looking at reports on West Africa or closer to home in Spain or the United States. If you have ever watched a film, such as Outbreak, or any other, the perception of what a population will […]
I have been offline since September 17 and I expect you wonder why. My brother took his own life on September 1, 2014 at 1600 hours. That is what the police report says. In my heart, it was August 31st, sometime after 6:00 p.m. My friend, Kanzen Sakura, wrote a post to help with Sean’s […]
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