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Notes from Our Leaders - 2026 Archive - Page 3

Notes from Steve (Posted June 22, 2026)

My friend Cheryl said the other day, “Don’t you wish we were young again?”  I don’t know.  I’m not sure what I would do differently, and, for that matter - if my younger years were such a great time, it was good, but now is good as well.  People were telling me last...
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Notes from Steve (Posted June 8, 2026)

My mom and dad would have been married 64 years this last week.  I remember in 1969 or ‘70* when my sister and I were really young - we made our neighbor, Mrs. Peggy Noble (3 houses down), make my folks an anniversary cake.  Michele found the wedding topper thing in the...
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Notes from Steve (Posted June 1, 2026)

So, we put a date on my retirement.  It’s officially September 1, 2027 - 15 months from now.  This is weird.  It also comes with the big plan for reorganization and new positions.  Those 15 months potentially will go fast, but it could also be like a 6-year-old three days...
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Notes from Steve (Posted May 25, 2026)

I have "disaster fatigue".  Meaning - 24-hour access to weather, news, and all things "disaster" creates competition for views and a general stirring up of hysteria.  Like last night (this was written a week ago) - the tornado siren warnings went off in good weather hours before.  So now (then) my blood pressure...
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Notes from Steve (Posted May 18, 2026)

I've been telling the neighbors to use my backyard as a dog park because it's big and looks like a dog park.  The problem is, my living room is like a fish tank, and it's weird if I'm sitting there (scene - Steve awkwardly waving).  Yesterday, I went down to my basement...
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Notes from Steve (Posted May 11, 2026)

Yesterday was a beautiful day, and I rode my bike. Great ride. When I was going up the elevator to my loft, I saw a couple of friends who had a loft in the same building. They asked where I rode to and how it was. I said I swallowed a bunch of bugs. (…pause…) They...
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Notes from Steve (Posted May 4, 2026)

I went into my backyard and stared at a big tree that didn't have leaf buds appearing yet … and decided it must be dead.  I'm not a patient person.  I always do this, and I'm always wrong.  My friend Carol (in South Dakota - she was an administrator of a hospital south...
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Notes from Steve (Posted April 20, 2026)

I went to my grandniece’s 3-year-old birthday party yesterday. We had the Disney-themed cake and pizza.  She’s fairly quiet - I think she’s scheming as to how to control the situation.  Or - she’s just a chill little kid.  Either is fine.  (Her uncle David was that chill kid back when he was that...
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