Everything is just better in California - the wine, the food, fruits and vegetables, the comforts of living. Even the read more

Everything is just better in California - the wine, the food, fruits and vegetables, the comforts of living. Even the instrumentalists are generous and curious. Everything is wonderful.

If you sound like Vera Duckworth you will face prejudice in business.

If you sound like Vera Duckworth you will face prejudice in business.

They kept telling me you have to have patience, ... Systems in the Caribbean in October take a long time read more

They kept telling me you have to have patience, ... Systems in the Caribbean in October take a long time to develop.

The state, for a long period of time, has been undergoing a wrenching economic transformation. The reality is much grimmer read more

The state, for a long period of time, has been undergoing a wrenching economic transformation. The reality is much grimmer than in other states.

We were trying to do too much at times. Fort Dodge wants to play an up-tempo game and push it, read more

We were trying to do too much at times. Fort Dodge wants to play an up-tempo game and push it, and we kind of got sucked into that. We were forcing things. We need to do a better job of sticking to our stuff and doing what we want to do.

In 12 years of playing, I've never been on a team that won a playoff game. That was awesome. They read more

In 12 years of playing, I've never been on a team that won a playoff game. That was awesome. They were singing the fight song. Cars were lined up in the grass out there. There must have been a thousand people around.

The young female wolverine we collared weighed about 19 pounds, and was in excellent health and condition. She hasn't had read more

The young female wolverine we collared weighed about 19 pounds, and was in excellent health and condition. She hasn't had kits yet, and is probably just a year old. It's likely that her parents and possibly siblings are in the same general area, so chances are good that we will collar additional individuals in the traps we've set.

Homelessness among seniors is a tragedy we never want to see happen. Fortunately, the city does not have a large read more

Homelessness among seniors is a tragedy we never want to see happen. Fortunately, the city does not have a large population of seniors without permanent housing, and although we have seen a slight increase - less than one-half percent - they make up less than 3 percent of the city's homeless population overall.

Love is what enables us to bridge the gap of disappointment when others don't live up to the expectations we read more

Love is what enables us to bridge the gap of disappointment when others don't live up to the expectations we have of them.