Moose Nose or Fish Head Stew
In my days in the Yukon, I had the great pleasure of working with almost every First Nation tribe (Known by Indian Band, Indigenous or Aboriginal group depending on where you live). In my wonderful experiences two things always stood out: In my recent travels into New Mexico, Texas and beyond, I was thinking about […]
You are who you really are when you are on the land
You live your life, sometimes without realizing the reality of how you live is way different from other people. My moment of realization always comes when it comes up in conversation that both of my kids, in grade 7, had a winter bison hunt as part of their school curriculum. Definitely a conversation starter, or […]
Concentration Camps in Canada
It’s not a piece of history people like to discuss or recall but in WW2 there were an estimated 12 million people living in Canada Including 22,000 Japanese people who were either deported back to Japan or placed in concentration camps in Canada. With rough math skills, that is 0.1833 percent of the population, pretty […]
In Loving Memory
My first memory in life is of my Dad walking down the basement stairs in his navy uniform as I sat, still unable to crawl, on a blanket where my mom was doing the laundry. He looked like a God with the sun shining behind him. Later, when I was maybe 4 or 5 and […]
Happy 50th Anniversary of ISR!!
At some point last year, Dr. Dennis Stover, one of the founders behind the development of In-Situ Recovery Technology (ISR) for uranium, sent me an article about the start-up of the Clay West Project in South Texas. Clay West was the first commercially operated and fully licensed ISR uranium project in the world. As I […]
We can’t change the past, but we can change the future
Not even sure how to start this post but I want to talk about New Mexico and uranium, not a combo that has been easy in the past. It’s been a long journey to New Mexico. I began up in the Yukon, found my way through Texas, and each step taught me something new. Now, standing […]
If You Don’t Bring People Along with You, Who Are You Leading?
Someone recently said to me that leadership is making a decision. It sounds so smart, so decisive, so simple, yet it bothered me a lot. Leadership is not that simple, whether you lead a country, a company, a community or heaven forbid, a homeowners association. I was fortunate many years ago to see brilliant leadership […]
Strange Lights in the Sky
When I took over the CEO role at a gold exploration company, my first tasks were to establish some financial stability, and to provide the behind-the-scenes support for our first work program. Eventually, with some money in the bank and a work plan underway, I headed north in the middle of a Yukon winter; a […]
Happy 15th Anniversary
I have taken a break from my blog as frankly, life got a little busy. Bill, all know as my husband and someone I have worked with for….over 15 years….asked if I could arrange to have President Bush at the Alta Mesa Opening on October 3rd and well, I did. A huge event and my blog […]
First Date
Many years ago, a geologist I knew was out in the field in northern Canada, head down looking at rocks-when a grizzly attacked him from behind. The unprovoked attack left him with permanent scars to his face and head. He survived having his head in the grizzly bear’s mouth, and being buried alive, all while he […]