From 1,000 Suns to 10 Cement Geese
Will I help transform Cullom’s downtown as much as I helped transform Sunnyvale’s?
Nancy’s Blog
Solace and Unease
The best sign that we were heading into a happy-ending sunset came on Monday night. Our new home has a private Facebook group for sharing updates and requests in our community. As I checked the new posts, I saw something I didn’t quite believe at first. The latest post was a photo of our destination at sunset.
‘No’ to Los Alamos
My father was a machinist who helped build Fermi’s lab in Chicago before the war. He told us he had been invited to go to Los Alamos to work on the gadget.
Fleeing California: Half Complete
A headline in the LA Times caught my eye today. It is George Skelton’s article called “Why Californians are Fleeing this Once-Golden State.” While we’re leaving California, I don’t necessarily view what we are doing as “fleeing,” but I’ll describe our reasons and let you,… Read More »Fleeing California: Half Complete
Eastward, Ho!
We’ve loved our time in Sunnyvale, but it’s time to leave “Crow City” and move to Cullom, Illinois. There is more of a connection between the two places than you may have thought. The first ever investor in semiconductors and I are from that same… Read More »Eastward, Ho!
Why I Vote…
Why I vote…
I vote because we *are* our leaders and we must chose wisely.
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One reason she writes
I was planning to let Joan Didion’s demise pass without comment. Then… As I close out the year with my annual ritual of finishing some of the many books I’m reading, I found passages in Ralph Keyes’ book, The Courage to Write, assessing and praising… Read More »One reason she writes
Remembering Matt – at 25 and 40 years
The boxing nun and the burned flag made me smile. Something in the news got me digging around in my office in my box labeled “Matt” and I came across them both at the top of the remnants of Matt’s life. My friend, mentor (and… Read More »Remembering Matt – at 25 and 40 years
Hometown Racists
Soon after I was sworn in on Sunnyvale City Council in 2017, the nation was still in shock at outcome of the national presidential elections. On January 27, 2017, I received a poem in an email addressed to the Council members from a Sunnyvale resident,… Read More »Hometown Racists
I’m writing a book!
Yes, I have some exciting life news to share — earlier this year, I began work on a book with the working title of Virtuous Corportation with a goal of publishing it later this winter. It’s been a goal of mine to work on a book, and… Read More »I’m writing a book!