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Recently, I’ve reading a lot about how really long the November election ballot will be in Colorado. Here is a sampling of all the choices we will have to make: President U.S. Senator (Schaffer, Udall) 7 U.S. House races 84 Colorado legislative seats 18 initiatives and referendums You can see the list of initiatives and [...]

 What better way to learn whether you want to be a lawyer than talk to a real-life, practicing lawyer? Well, I am not sure if there is, so a couple of months ago I sought out a lawyer to talk to for an informational interview. I was able to find an employee benefits lawyer who [...]

I love City Park. I love running with Whembley early in the morning around the beautiful lake. The Denver History Tours Blog posted some old timey post cards of the newly restored Ferril Lake Fountain. Here is what it looks like now:   And here are some vintage postcards depicting the same fountain:

As I suspected, my goals for attaining CEBS designation were wildly over-optimistic! Instead of studying for and completing one course per month (!), I am scheduled to take the first course at the end of this month (apparently, 6 months late). Wish me luck!

Finally! Recently it has become abundantly clear to me that I need to get organized. To start keeping promises by being a better manager of my time. As long as I can remember I have been scattered and forgetful – but recently it has began to really impact the quality of my life – in [...]

The beautiful peach tree in front of our house broke in two and fell over yesterday. In hind sight, we should have anticipated it and staked the branches somehow.

This has been the longest blogging drought that I’ve been in yet. I blame the coming wedding on August 2nd. I really had no idea so much time goes into planning a wedding.

I watched J.K Rowling deliver the Harvard commencement address last night (thank you Brad Feld for the inspiring post). It was great! I loved the way she spoke – she has such a modest, almost shy voice – which she used to effectively to communicate so much passion.

For several years now, I’ve been an avid supporter of Kiva.org and the micro-lending community in general. So when I read about MicroPlace.com on the Private Sector Development Blog I immediately became a member. I don’t have a lot of money to “invest” here right now (what with the wedding coming up) but I am [...]

I don’t think these pictures need explanation. Just a cute puppy in her new dress.