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.
In the Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln wrote that government isn’t “…charged with the duty of redressing, or preventing, all the wrongs in the world” and felt that it’s role is to only do those things that cannot be done individually but need to be done collectively like roads, schools, public safety and national defense.
According to 18th-century abolitionist William Wilberforce, “We are too young to realize that certain things are impossible… So we will do them, anyway.”
On the economy, the markets and the politically unstable world we’re living in, former Goldman Sachs Chairman Lloyd Blankfein says, ”It’s never as bad as your worst fears or as good as your best hopes.”
