JudyAnn Lorenz's (vajudy) Blog

I may not have thought much about the annual list of banned words from Lake Superior State University, but a news item mentioned a real estate term on the list for 2007.   Lake Superior State University Banned Words List.The list isn't long -- over the years; it is now approaching 1,000 words.  D...

Actually I was looking for an article that clipped by yesterday and which I didn't take time to flag, tag or bag about people wanting quieter housing.So, tonight, I went to search for Sound Pollution.  Quickly learning that my desired path was more likely "noise pollution" I learned a couple othe...

 Bio-diesel plans to utilize organic, renewable resources for vehicle fuel, clean up air pollution and stimulate the economy in various fields including agriculture and timber work.  Already, Daimler-Crysler will be using the B5 fuel in Dodge Ram Diesel vehicles built in the DaimlerChrysler's St....

            Mansfield, Missouri is the brainchild of the 19th century railroad industry.  Mining, timber and agriculture offered product for the new rail system.Apples from Rocky Ridge Farm were shipped on the early railroad.  But, the most important product from the Farm was the Little House ser...

Fran White of Kansas City, Missouri has written eloquently about the wonders of KC, especially in Kansas City, Here I ComeI would like to add more detail about KC -- The National World War I Museum, near the Liberty Memorial opened today, added to the Walk of Honor.  Almost 90 years have passed s...

       As I prepare for a remarkable 2007, I commit to lending you an ear or eye as may be appropriate.   I'm pretty certain in most of my endeavors that I am right.  My ideas, my plan of action, goals and other matters are perfectly clear to me.  And of course these ideas, actions and goals are ...

AR is your pro-active secret weapon for building an ‘e-network', getting a picture of how to do it BETTER, MORE, at OTHER PLACES until you have woven a mesh that touches more and more people.  People with whom you can work to accomplish the mission of your niche, be it real estate marketing, serv...

Ever eat persimmons?  We have a nearby town that has a big celebration (it was last week) celebrating the persimmon.We picked some wild persimmons this year and boy, that was different.  They are little, full of seeds that are not eaten, but which we saved because DH wants a persimmon thicket on ...

 Begin early when you aren't so pressured by the beginning of a new year and all of the business ramifications that go with it.   By the pressures of Holiday celebrations and stress, end of the year work, seasonal health issues including light deprivation.Identify three things (or more) that you ...

My kids recently updated their computer systems and chose MACs.   Everything was hunky dory till this weekend.My beautiful daughter-in-law is a journalist and her analog recorder had 'died'.  So, we bopped off to Radio Shack to get a digital.  Fine little Olympus.  In test driving, she recorded a...