Tag: inspire
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Manufacturing – Heavy Metal Tour 2024, Student tours

Did you know that October is manufacturing month in Wisconsin? The Central Wisconsin Manufacturing Alliance, Heavy Metal Tour promotes career awareness in manufacturing trades, which is fantastic. There are so many industries that young people can learn about. I had been working in magazine advertising sales when we were hit with a tough economy in…
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Visiting an old friend…

Soon, I’m going to visit a dear friend of mine in Italy. I haven’t seen her in ages. Normally, I would see her every year, but when COVID struck and isolation was imposed on us traveling stopped. After that, there was always a reason to delay getting together. I finally realized that in a friendship,…
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California – More and more sea lions!

Have you heard the latest news out of Monterey, California? They’ve closed San Carlos beach due to sea lions migrating there. Apparently, Monterey has a good food source for them. I found it interesting that they are mainly male, no females. Well, unless a female got in the group somehow, but that is rare. Here’s…
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Summer vacation…

Hello Fellow Bloggers, This weekend, I came across this magazine, Coastal Living. The photos / stories reminded me of my childhood. Carefree days on the beach AFTER zillions of chores my Dad had us do (chuckling)! No kidding, he could think up a lot for us to do. No flip flops, work boots in our…
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Letterboxing – Are you ready for a quest?

Walking or hiking doesn’t have to be boring, try letterboxing. Summer isn’t over, this is a perfect activity for family with kids. People around the world hide small containers “somewhere” that contain a rubber stamp, stamp pad and a log book. They give you clues to find it. You go to a Letterboxing website like,…
