Public speaking is one of mankind’s greatest fears. A young lady once told me that she would rather have a coyote gnaw on her arm than to have to speak in public. This does not have to be. Once you understand that the public does not care to hear a message, but would love to hear a story, it’s like wrapping your dog’s medicine in a treat, and the public speaker need only wrap her message in a story.

The Carson City Clerk-Recorder announces they are seeking appointments to committees to prepare arguments supporting or opposing two upcoming 2024 Carson City ballot questions concerning increasing the special purposes sales tax and imposing a supplemental government service tax to increase funding for local roadway maintenance and construction in Carson City.

As a content creator it can be difficult to bring one’s larger vision into reality when it involves expensive specialized equipment. At the Adams Hub in Carson City, they make it easy to take that leap forward towards one’s entrepreneurial dreams by offering valuable services for those who need a quiet space to block out the world and create.

I walked around my field this morning to see what plants were coming up. The redstem filaree (aka. cranesbill) is lush and widespread. There are compact grasses doing well; I’m hoping they are not cheatgrass. I even spotted many of my favorite field flowers emerging, common groundsel.