What I want in a Candidate

I had lunch with a good friend the other day, and we naturally started talking about politics. This happens a lot, especially since I am technically a politician. As a local elected official, I *guess* I’m a politician by definition or default, but I can’t...

Blogging For Myself

I have about 10 blog posts here in draft form, things I’ve written because I just needed to get them out of my system, but things I’m not sure are ready for prime time, so to speak. The problem with being elected to office- even a small local office, is...

Dealing With The Inevitable

During my “day gig” as a digital marketer, I have a variety of clients that I love.  One of our new clients in a Continuing Care Retirement Community, and so I am learning a lot about aging and aging gracefully from a community of people who I really...

Bookends

The Simon and Garfunkle song, Bookends, talks about old friends and memories. I went to a memorial service this weekend for a great man, Sam Armstrong. Sam was a teacher at Centreville School. My son James went there, as did Sam’s son, Jack. I knew Sam in his...

Pay it Forward- For Yourself!

I work for a digital marketing firm, and I produce a lot of content for the web- videos, blog posts, copy for websites, and more. The one thing I do every day that pays off the most in the long run, is trying to capture ideas, pictures and little snippets that end up...