Growing Bolder Community

Christmas is upon us once again and it is time to send Christmas card greetings to family, friends, acquaintances, business associates and anyone else who we want to remember or suck up to. The idea for the first Christmas card was conceived in 1843 in London. While it had its ups and downs, in the 1920s things really took off. In the 160 years or so that the cards have been in existence,...

Many offices around the country are now installing the latest in coffeemakers – the kind that utilize K-cups. This is a welcome change because a) there are now choices other than coffee, b) employees have many coffee, tea and hot chocolate selections to choose from, and c) the chosen selection is always fresh so there is no more drinking and/or wasting stale coffee. However, this new addition to...

I thought it might be appropriate to repeat this. Someone near and dear to me graduated as an RN today. I proudly attended her graduation. It is called a pinning for nurses, but it still a graduation ceremony with all the elements expected, including the keynote address. This is the graduation season, and in high schools and colleges across the land there are graduation ceremonies...