Don Hecker
The year 2010 is not going down in my book as one of the best, although there are standout moments - many of them in Tucson, Arizona, I should definitely say. I am where I have been for the last two decades. (Well, OK, I am not precisely where I was two decades ago, given that the entire news operation has moved to a new building.) I'm still having a great time working with the staff and new students at the Institutes, and we've had two great ones, one in New Orleans in May, and the most recent one that just ended.
As most of you know, the year also had some sad milestones for me: My father passed away in the spring, and my sister and I moved our mother out to Seattle, where my sister lives. I drove my mother 2,000 miles across America, from Sioux City, Iowa, to Seattle. Quite a journey. If you ever get a chance to drive across Oregon's eastern desert on the two-lane road, do it just for the opportunity. Maybe some of you have experienced this before, but that's the first time I ever saw a highway sign that said "Next Gas 96 Miles" - and it should have said next building or human being, 96 miles.
I had a chance to catch up with many of you over the year, and I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of you. I attach a photo that was taken at the Miami 2011 Institute. It's an audition photo for my new life in case things don't work out here: I'll become an aging lounge lizard. And yes, that is a Ferrari behind me.
The year 2010 is not going down in my book as one of the best, although there are standout moments - many of them in Tucson, Arizona, I should definitely say. I am where I have been for the last two decades. (Well, OK, I am not precisely where I was two decades ago, given that the entire news operation has moved to a new building.) I'm still having a great time working with the staff and new students at the Institutes, and we've had two great ones, one in New Orleans in May, and the most recent one that just ended.
As most of you know, the year also had some sad milestones for me: My father passed away in the spring, and my sister and I moved our mother out to Seattle, where my sister lives. I drove my mother 2,000 miles across America, from Sioux City, Iowa, to Seattle. Quite a journey. If you ever get a chance to drive across Oregon's eastern desert on the two-lane road, do it just for the opportunity. Maybe some of you have experienced this before, but that's the first time I ever saw a highway sign that said "Next Gas 96 Miles" - and it should have said next building or human being, 96 miles.
I had a chance to catch up with many of you over the year, and I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of you. I attach a photo that was taken at the Miami 2011 Institute. It's an audition photo for my new life in case things don't work out here: I'll become an aging lounge lizard. And yes, that is a Ferrari behind me.
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