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I recently returned from a relaxing girlfriend’s getaway and never questioned the logistics to make it happen. I would fly from San Francisco to Phoenix and my friend would drive from Santa Fe to eventually rendezvous in the red rocks of Sedona. No problem! We both had an abundance of technology to get us there. Early Monday morning, she left for her six-hour drive and after my meetings, I prepared to head north. However, just before I left, I called to check on her ETA…estimated arrival time. Actually, my car’s Bluetooth-connected phone called her car’s Bluetooth system. Yes, she was […]

Going through my files recently, I found two World War II instruction leaflets that had been used to support the war effort, and I wondered if those messages were still relevant today. One urged women not to waste food and the other encouraged them to make do with what they had. These flyers were asking families to restrict the use of their resources, but why? Once plentiful items like gasoline, tires, automobiles, sugar, coffee and processed foods were no longer readily available. Shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the government had instituted policies and practices to ensure that the […]

Opportunity comes when you least expect it but you must keep your eyes open to find it. I first learned this lesson when I was 10 years old. Walking home from school one day, I took a slightly different route and headed up the rocky hill by the Baptist Church. As I trudged up that steep incline, I began kicking leaves into the gully that stretched long and lean beside the church. Almost to the top, I spotted something shiny and was surprised when I pulled a quarter from the leaves. Wow, twenty-five cents. That was a lot of money […]

Hidden deep in an unexplored closet was a fashion relic from another era. It had been patiently waiting for me more than seventy years but it took an unexpected event to find it. We were invited to Swing Time, a 1940’s Hanger Party at the Scottsdale Airport in celebration of Veterans Day and to raise funds for the Thunderbird Field II Veterans Memorial and Dream Catchers. During World War II, the airfield had played a crucial role as the Army Air Corp training site for the Stearman PT-17 aircraft. Over 5,500 men were trained there for assignments in Europe and […]