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.
Its interesting to watch the nations of the EU band together to enforce their borders by cracking down on illegal migrants and smugglers while our officials here find illegal border crossing so acceptable that the TSA accepts department of homeland security arrest warrants as identify papers for domestic flights.
Writer Joan Didion defined “character” as “the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life” and called it “the source from which self-respect springs.”
