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Aug 5

From card weaving To computers, the value of institutional knowledge in leadership

Dorothea Mordan’s Good Day Neighbor Column 3/2023. Weaving has been used by humans for thousands of years. Through the Middle Ages weaving was all done by hand. Then came the Industrial Age with inventions such as the Jacquard loom, patented in 1804. Joseph Marie Jacquard, building on earlier inventions, created…

Progressive

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Progressive

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Aug 5

Democracy, the gift we celebrate every July 4th

Dorothea Mordan’s Good Day Neighbor Column, 6/2023 and 7/2023. Part 1: Representation The United States of America is celebrating its birthday soon, a worthy time to reflect on points in history that bring big changes. Much recorded history exists about the American Revolution and the creation of our Constitution, a covenant between the…

Democracy

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Democracy

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Aug 5

Storm of Confusion, life’s little cracks in our carefully built walls of privacy and safety can lead to big scams

Dorothea Mordan’s Good Day Neighbor Column, 8/2023. “Dorothea we have a problem.” said the voice of Beloved Family Member on the phone at 8:30 p.m. on a Thursday. He and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. B, were in a state. That morning a pulsing image appeared on Mrs. B’s computer…

Internet Scams

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Internet Scams

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Aug 5

The Brain is Invisible, so how do we recognize the cause of socially unacceptable behavior — health conditions or character flaws?

The Miracle Worker tells the story of Anne Sullivan, a nineteenth century teacher who would not accept parents’ lack of understanding the needs of their daughter, Helen Keller. Helen had been deaf, mute, and blind from infancy, was not fully able to communicate her needs, nor to understand how to…

Mental Health

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Mental Health

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Feb 5

Decisions, decisions

Dorothea Mordan’s Good Day Neighbor Column, 11/2022. “No one would have believed that in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s…No one gave a thought to the older worlds of space as sources of human danger.” …

Voting

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Decisions, decisions
Decisions, decisions
Voting

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Feb 4

Valentine to Caregivers

Dorothea Mordan’s Good Day Neighbor Column, 2/2023 Traditions come from somewhere. Saint Valentine is a composite of historic religious figures that includes St. Valentine of Viterbo, St. Valentine of Raetia, and others who share martyrdom because of their beliefs. Their lifeworks, and stories have combined into the legendary St. Valentine…

Caregiver Support

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Valentine to Caregivers
Valentine to Caregivers
Caregiver Support

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Jan 18

Community comes in all shapes and sizes

Dorothea Mordan’s Good Day Neighbor Column, 12/2022. May 1864. Lt Colonel Charles Lyon Chandler led the 57th Infantry of the Union army at the Battle of North Anna River. He and his men were over taken, and Lt Colonel Chandler was mortally wounded on the battlefield. The commanding officer of…

Community

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Community

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Nov 22, 2022

Abortion, like everything else, it’s all about property rights…

Once upon a time there was a vast land, suddenly known to Europeans. They called it America, after Amerigo Vespucci, the circa 1500 a.d., Florentine explorer. There were people in America already, but along with blankets and baubles to trade, the Europeans brought their favorite traditions: property rights and religion. …

Property Rights

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Abortion, like everything else, it’s all about property rights…
Abortion, like everything else, it’s all about property rights…
Property Rights

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Jun 7, 2022

King For a Day

In 1604 King James of Scotland was super pumped to be getting another country. His cousin Elizabeth I, Queen of England, had died, leaving him first in line of succession to the British throne. He was on his way to London to impose his will on his new subjects, when…

Voting

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King For a Day
King For a Day
Voting

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Feb 2, 2022

My Valentine to Teachers

“Shall we play a game?” is a gateway question to many learning opportunities, not just a great line from a movie. My dad’s cousin Anne was an elementary school teacher when I was growing up. She had many subjects to teach to her students, but her lesson on what it…

Teachers

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My Valentine to Teachers
My Valentine to Teachers
Teachers

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