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I'm Back!

Unfortunately I had to take a bit of a sabbatical from blogging due to some family transitions which were mostly positive and then my own transition back to school for my last semester of college.

Now that everything seems to at least be rolling once again, I'm a back to doing what I really like which is writing.

4 weeks have gone by so fast since schools has started and many of the topics that have been covered I am very taken with. Most of my classes have the word leadership and/or organization in the class titles. I am finding leadership a more and more fascinating topic to study.

Reason number one I find it so interesting is because we can go back thousands of years with records and study different leaders, even ones form the bible. In my classes we stick within the last hundred years or so, for leaders to discuss. Even with that limited time frame we are graced with the modern media that provides a plethora of information.

Reason number  two leadership is such a great topic to study is that we can always learn something from every leader mentioned because they all had triumphs and great losses whether or not we agreed with their goals or politics.

I am so excited to have the opportunity to get back here regularly once again and write about a variety of current topics that I come across, recipes I've tried and updates on my garden.

See you again soon,

Charlie G

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