While we all hope that our children will do well in school, we hope with even greater fervor that they will do well in life. Our job is to help them know and appreciate themselves deeply, to be resilient in the face of adversity, to approach the world with zest, to find work that is satisfying, friends and spouses who are loving and loyal, and to hold a deep belief that they have something meaningful to contribute to the world.

Who needs a nap? I sure do following over a month of crazy travel and trade shows. This week was full of social media work for the day job, follow ups and reflections on the chaos. And hopefully accessing audiences that are not cattle producers.

Welcome story lovers, story tellers and friends. Storytelling is what we did around the dinner table, over desert and coffee. Little by little, invitations started coming in. I was a featured teller at Stone Soup Storytelling Festival in SC and began doing house concerts that took me to the northeast. I told at The Northlands Confabulation.

Pictured with the work of Levi Budd.

What to make of the new DP2400. A 2 way radio has to be in a position to work promptly and effectively. They have to be simple to use, robustly made and multi-faceted enough to appeal to a variety of people. Fortunately, Motorola are very excellent at fulfilling these criteria. So, with that at heart, we put the DP 2400 through its paces. The design is hardy and practical; this is t.