Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I hope you will forgive my taking a pass on writing an article this month as I am in the midst of a huge move from Santa Cruz, California to Winnipeg, Manitoba. For those of you not familiar with Winnipeg, it is located in the center of Canada, just a few hours north of North Dakota, set in the prairies that Neil Young, a native of Winnipeg, loves to sing about. As you may have guessed, I am not moving for the weather or the scenery (although I am becoming increasingly smitten with the prairie skies). No, the only thing that could lure me away from my beloved Redwoods is a love that runs deeper than the ocean I hated to leave. Rob McInnes (who many of you know as my partner in Diversity World) and I jumped the proverbial broom in February of this last year after a long-awaited engagement. With my daughter going to college in Massachusetts and all of Rob’s family living in Winnipeg, it seemed a good idea to give life in Winnipeg a try.

So, on July 14th Rob and I packed up our home (and office) in a U-Haul truck, which we lovingly referred to as “Prairie Thunder”, and drove ourselves and all of worldly possession to Winnipeg. I am happy to report to you that only a week into this move, I am already feeling very much at home in our new nest and excited about all that I have to learn from this new adventure. Suffice it to say, however, that as I sit here among unpacked boxes and empty walls, I do not have it in me to write an article this month. Instead, I will give you our new phone number and address, and update you with my fall calendar. I do not expect that this move will change my work schedule much, except that I will not have as far to travel when working in the Midwest or on the East Coast. To my friends in California, however, I make an unabashed plea to suggest my name for future training and conferences as I will be anxious to return as often as I can.

Phone number: 204-487-0307 Address: Diversity World, P.O. Box 1917, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 3R2 Canada

In closing, I have chosen a poem I wrote in April as this month’s selection for Poem of the Month. As my heart fluttered with the obligatory panic one can expect before any such monumental transition, I awoke one morning to write “The Exquisite Risk”. I hope you enjoy it.

Until next month, Happy Summer!

~ Denise

Denise has published several important works on topics of job development, career development, personal development and similar topics. She also has two video-based in-service training programs available. Please visit our online store, Diversity Shop, for more information on these and related products.

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