View from the other side of the road

My brother live in North Dakota and has for most of his life and he is 59. This is the worst flooding he has ever seen. This is just one of many dams that have failed around North Dakota.

As I look back on this week I keep reflecting on a few events that defined my week. When I give this week a closer look the week is filled with moments of pride and failure. Let me explain. As I have stated in other blogs, my son, who will be 12 in May, is playing baseball for the first time ever...

The World Famous Pluto Springs, French Lick Resort and Casino, French Lick, Indiana.  

  Courtyard of the French Lick Resort and Casino, French Lick, Indiana. A beautiful turn of century resort that has all the charm of yester year. If you have never been or it has been a while since you were there...plan to go...it is worth the trip and the prices a very reasonable.

MIRA or H.R. 1728...for most of you out there this is unknown. I could write about this for a week but I won't. What few that do follow this blog would stop. Let me give you a brief rundown. MBA's Summary is 23 pages long so I will do my best to be brief. In a nut shell here are some key componen...

Well, I'm back and no I did not get left on the side of the road. How, well I guess I was better behaved this time......so about the trip. Well, the trip consisted of 1875 miles, leaving Mount Pleasant, SC of Saturday April 4th at 5:30pm...yea kind of a late start. First night was in North Caroli...

This week I am in Washington, DC for the Real Estate Services Providers Council, Inc (RESPRO) Annual Conference. For those of you who are unaware of this trade group here is their link, www.respro.org. This week the message from all the speakers have been cut your expenses, look at your agent pro...

I took this picture Monday morning just before it started to rain. I am in Washington, DC through today and I hope you enjoy this picture.

Today I writing this from Washington, DC, or officially the District of Columbia. The District of Columbia, known as DC, was founded as the capital of the United States July 16, 1790. At that time there was The City of Washington and a municipality until Congress in 1871 effectively merged the tw...

Don't get me wrong, I love spending time with my wife and son, all of my kids in fact. I have a daughter that is 30, a son 25, and a son that is 11. Like many people this is not my first trip around the block. Having children in home after going a number of years with no children has been quite t...