by mmooney | Feb 18, 2022 | The Friday Message
I mentioned mental health concerns in my last post – mostly I was concerned about young children and teenagers without adequate support systems. This week it dawned on me that Karen and I and other boomers may be living on the edge of mental stability....
by mmooney | Feb 11, 2022 | The Friday Message
Most of us have forgotten the many challenges of being a child. We get immersed in our own day to day existence, goals and aspirations and the tide carries us forward. What is really important to us and our families gets lost or replaced by the urgency of the moment,...
by mmooney | Feb 4, 2022 | The Friday Message
For the last ten years Mmma and I have been walking the golf course, early in the morning and usually again toward dusk. We have seen all manner of critters as she runs and chases her ball. The bobcat family lives in the canyon and we occasionally see them. Last...
by mmooney | Jan 28, 2022 | The Friday Message
I suppose we all know you can’t choose your relatives. Holt Haga married my daughter Katie 7 years ago and for the second time in new relative additions, we lucked out. We got to briefly know Holt’s father, Dr. Tom, his twin brother Winn and their mother Nancy. In...
by mmooney | Jan 21, 2022 | The Friday Message
I virtually attended the annual Legislative Academy early in this Session. The Idaho Business for Education group invites an informed voice on education or related topics to present to the Legislators. When the “scourge” was not a daily part of life our IBE...
by mmooney | Jan 14, 2022 | The Friday Message
I had mixed emotion with Governor Little’s State of the State Address this week. The positive was a continued commitment to Education in Idaho. Unfortunately, Education’s priority fell from top of the list and the funding proposal though large is not enough. Most...
