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Things Fall Apart

Things Fall Apart

Published in 1958, Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart tells of the tragic undoing of Okonkwo, a proud man living in Umuofia, a village in the Niger River valley in the era of Europe's African colonization. 
 

Okonkwo was clearly cut out for great things.  He was still young but had won fame as the greatest wrestler in the nine villages.  He was a wealthy farmer and had barns full of yams,and had just married his third wife.  To crown it all... he had shown incredible prowess in two inter-tribal wars.  And so although Okonkwo was still young, he was already one of the greatest men of his time. (p. 8) 

Pride goeth before a fall (Proverbs 16:18), but it is far more than Okonkwo's pride that unravels this world.

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FINDING TRANSPORTATION FOR YOUR ELDERLY PARENT

FINDING TRANSPORTATION FOR YOUR ELDERLY PARENT

 

When Bruce's dad couldn't drive any more, it was a big problem for him and his family. Everyone either lived out of state or worked full-time and nobody could provide regular transportation. They turned to a home care agency for help. The agency was able to provide a variety of services for Bruce's father, including rides to the store and the barber, and sometimes just a pleasant drive to nowhere in particular, which he always enjoyed.

Lucy became her mother's number one chauffeur, but juggling the responsibility with other demands in her life was overwhelming. At first, so was finding transportation. "I began looking around for people who could take her places. I found a young woman in her church who was in between jobs who loved my mother, and asked if she could take her out once week to have lunch and do errands. She was thrilled.

5 Simple Things Nonprofits Didn’t Know They Could Do With Social Media

5 Simple Things Nonprofits Didn’t Know They Could Do With Social Media

This week I was fortunate to work with a great room of local nonprofits on the current state of social media and how nonprofits are utilizing these tools. At the end of the event, I heard from a few of the attendees on how surprised they were at some of the things they can do with social media, that they had never heard of before.

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Good SEO for Your Blog

Good SEO for Your Blog

There has been a lot of talk about Blogging and SEO and how they work together lately. Some research shows that business blogging is on the decline, while many are turning to social media for their marketing. Other people are very wound up about the latest Google update and how it is going to hurt your search rankings. I thought we would talk about both and some SEO and blogging best practices along the way.

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My brain had to work so hard, it made my hair hurt...

My brain had to work so hard, it made my hair hurt...

Abandon ye hope, all who enter here.

I don’t know what came over me.  Maybe it was the picture of Moby Dick on the front that intrigued me.  But in the last few weeks I’ve worked my way (emphasis on WORK) through All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular Age.  

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Movies: "Hit and Run"

Movies: "Hit and Run"

 

Fasten your seatbelts for this one, a comedy-action throwback to the “Smokey and the Bandit” era of car chase movies, with a little bit of “True Romance” thrown in (minus Quentin Tarantino’s sadism).

 

Kristen Bell co-stars here alongside her real-life boyfriend Dax Shepard, who wrote the movie and co-directed it with David Palmer.  Dax plays a sympathetic dude named Charlie Bronson, who’s hiding in the witness protection program in some dusty California town.  

 

65 Days Until 65 Years

65 Days Until 65 Years

 

OMG what an adorable little girl! It’s not just her mother who thinks so, either. Everyone who has seen the picture propped up on the mantle in my office has commented. “She is so sweet!” they’ll say or, “Look at that mischievous twinkle in her eyes and the lovely, happy smile!”

Where is that little girl today? Read more.