Leap Day Today is that day that only rolls around every four years; Leap Day. In school we were taught that every year has 365 days…except Leap Year which occurs every four years on February 29th. The reason is that February 29th every four years helps keep our calendars aligned with planet Earth’s rotation around […]
The 17th century philosopher, Pascal, wrote “The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.” that I have paraphrased as the heart knows what the mind does not. It’s been a nasty couple of days and my mood has reflected it, though I wasn’t quite sure why. Yesterday afternoon I had some unpleasant news shared […]
Last Sunday, February 2nd, I flew to BWI to attend a week of Mission Rehearsal Training at the National Emergency Training Center/Emergency Management Institute located in Emmitsburg, MD. After a 90-minute bus drive with about 30 other students, some for the class I would be in and some for other classes taking place that week, […]