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Putting the wabi back in my sabi…
Last year about this time I wrote about wabi sabi in my blog. Wabi sabi (which comes out of Japanese ideology) focuses on the beauty in imperfection and the wisdom in being satisfied with what you...
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Staying away from the preacher!
Today I write my blog from the wild blue yonder – literally. I am writing as I sit on a Delta flight heading from Minneapolis to Atlanta. It is a beautiful morning up here above the fluffy clouds. I...
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Who you gonna’ call?
Alabama is a lush and lovely state – I enjoyed my short visit there. It isn’t a state I could ever live in though as my hair and the weather had irreconcilable differences. Thankfully, even though the...
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Oh, the weather outside is frightful…
As I look out the window at blustery conditions, the emergency management professional in me is reminded that the relative absence of snow events this winter may have made us all a bit more complacent...
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Splashes of happy color…
I have been in Emmitsburg, Maryland at the Emergency Management Institute since Sunday evening. I have been here teaching a class for FEMA with my ever-pleasant colleague David McEntire from the...
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The emergency management kinship…
Having spent 10 years now working with the emergency management community I can tell you that there just aren’t any finer a group of folks. I love working amongst them – I consider it an honor and...
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Putting it in context…
Troy Becker at The Forum created a map that illustrated the “swath of the Oklahoma tornado if it had hit the F-M area.” The map quickly puts into context the breadth of the devastation in Oklahoma and...
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Government priorities…
Some days I believe the universe aligns discrete events purposefully to nudge me toward a rant. Today was one of those days. It started with my neighbor Kyle coming over this morning to show me that...
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Ah, Emmitsburg…
It has been over a year since I have visited Emmitsburg, Maryland to participate in a FEMA engagement. And even so, it is like I was here yesterday. This place is just so familiar to me now having...
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Me and the mini-van…
Our working group concluded its work today. We accomplished a great deal as a group, but I accomplished even more. I managed to avoid driving the mini-van the entire time. I traveled with others...
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