So here's the thing about writing a blog ... it's like keeping a journal. The days and weeks when life is full to the brim, you have a lot to write about and no time to do it. Last week was one of those times.
The staff at The Mercury was busy putting together "Intros," a 64-page section on businesses in the area, including some stories about our news-gathering business. We are also working on a contest to pick the "Top Dog" in the upcoming canine Relay for Life. Here at The Mercury, we are putting together a pie-in-the-face contest to raise money for Dreams for Donna, the Relay for Life team in memory of Donna Pitchford, who died of cancer a year ago. Donna was the wife of our Sunday editor Chuck Pitchford, and a friend of many of us here, so we are participating on the Pitchford family team to raise money for cancer research.
Our pie-in-the-face fundraiser invites employees to vote with contributions to Relay for their "favorite" manager to get pied. The top three vote-getters will be treated to a faceful of whipped pie at the Canine Relay on April 19. (I'm hoping not to win, just for the record.)
Last week was also Holy Week with Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday to observe. And now, a former U.S. president is coming to town.
So, I'm backlog-blogging to catch up.