Born a 10th generation Oregonian, (5 generations on each side) I have an enthusiasm for learning and teaching new things. After a ten year mini career in the dental field I moved on to research and embraced the social web. Though the internet is far too large for any one person to claim to be an expert, I can hold my own with the latest trends.
I enjoy researching and writing blogs. As the "Internet Program Director" for myMotherLode.com since 2008, I update the website and have a wide variety of interests. There is always something entertaining, educational or inspirational to share.
According to the late Hank Aaron, his motto was “… to always keep swinging.” “Whether I was in a slump or playing badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was to keep swinging.”
How can we insist on an open internet free from government interference and censorship in decidedly un-free countries like China and Iran, and then turn around and support the actions of Apple, Google, Facebook and Twitter in stifling participant’s voices by cutting off internet access including web hosting to certain individuals and websites that they deem to be inappropriate, forcing them to relocate to Russian service providers?
Well, as we feared, the “No Growthers” have taken over the TUD Board and they took “No Action,” despite staff’s recommendation to approve, on a development at the Pedro Y under the guise of “conserving resources.” The impact on water consumption, and this is according to the TUD, was equivalent to only four households or one-one hundredths of one percent of total capacity. The big question is what’s next, a complete building moratorium? Is this weaponization of water really in the best interest of Tuolumne County? We need to do all we can to revitalize the COVID economy.
According to Columbian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, “It is not true that people stop pursing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.”
