Welcome to December, the last month of the calendar year. As I thought about the posts for this month, my thoughts turned to December as the end of the year. But it’s not just an end. According to some, this is the most special month of the year. The Most Special Month of Holidays It’s… Continue reading The Most Special Month
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Thank You, Dear Readers
In the United States, yesterday was Thanksgiving Day. A day of feasting and football and parades and giving thanks. And after a week of cleaning and cooking, it is a day when I collapse into an exhausted heap. But I had to rouse myself enough to say thank you. I’m grateful to you, my readers, for… Continue reading Thank You, Dear Readers
A.I. Surveillance, Are We Ready?
What if with A.I. Surveillance we could find every missing person? There are more than 600,000 persons reported missing in the United States each year. That’s about 2,000 per day. Many of those persons are found or identified. But tens of thousands remain missing for more than a year. About 4,400 unidentified bodies are discovered… Continue reading A.I. Surveillance, Are We Ready?
My Four Lessons of the Last Decade
There’s a meme flitting across Facebook. It’s the decade meme. It’s a look back at the past decade. Some do it with photographs. They post a photo from ten years ago next to a recent one. Others post about their activities and accomplishments during the past decade. Still others post about what they learned in… Continue reading My Four Lessons of the Last Decade
Are We Having Fun?
It’s been an exhausting month so far (and Thanksgiving is yet to come!) I’ve been elbows to @$$holes with plumbing issues and caregiving and buying a wheelchair van AND continuing to write. It’s 6:30 pm CST Thursday and I don’t have a blog post for Friday morning. I have to ask myself, “Are we having… Continue reading Are We Having Fun?