CREATIVE WAYS TO KEEP COOL WHEN EXPERIENCING DEATH VALLEY-LIKE TEMPERATURES

I live in beautiful, sunny, northern California.  At least it’s sunny most of the time between the months of May and October.  Recently we experienced about 11 consecutive days of over 100 degree temperatures in our fair state.  Before this occurred, our 30-year old air conditioner decided to kick the bucket on us.  It didn’t [...]

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A LESSON IN TEAMWORK

I remember a particular incident that happened to my husband Mike when he  was in basic training with the United States Air Force.  Mike shared a third floor dorm room with many other young airmen, and one day, the drill sergeant informed them all that he was giving them an exercise to do.  They were given [...]

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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF OUR LIVES

In the mid-1970s, Ed Roberts created the world’s first commercially successful personal computer (PC).  He hired a nineteen-year-old named Bill Gates to write software for him.

Roberts sold his computer business in 1977 and bought a farm.  Seven years later, at the age of 41, he entered medical school.  Today Bill Gates is the head of [...]

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