As I step out of the truck, the air is a crisp 33 degrees. There is no traffic noise. Just the sound of a light breeze in the palmettos. It is just after sunrise in the Saint Marks National Wildlife Refuge and there is a lot going on here already. My boots crunch on theContinue reading “The Need For Reset”
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Yes Part II
To say that I was a little out of my comfort zone by enrolling in a public safety communications operator academy would be equivalent to saying that the eagle in the photo above resembles a hummingbird. I wasn’t a little out of my comfort zone. I was in a different zone altogether. In this zone,Continue reading “Yes Part II”
Yes
After a career working for a lot of people who made it their business to reflexively say no, part way through my supervisory career I made the conscious decision to try to say “Yes” to every reasonable request. This meant several things: First it meant that I was forced to carefully consider the proposition beforeContinue reading “Yes”
The Real Thin Blue Line
It’s the day after Thanksgiving, and for the last twenty four hours I’ve been mulling over something. For about the last decade I have read and watched the press and pundits talk about the thin blue line. While not all portray it in the following manner, most have framed the thin blue line in exactlyContinue reading “The Real Thin Blue Line”
On Beyond Blue 