Month: January 2022

Open Letter to Xcel Energy

This is a letter (which I will actually send to the home office of my energy company, Xcel).  Every month, I receive this letter (see the picture) which costs them money, that I have to actually pay for because I know they use money that I pay for my bill to create this thing.  A human person must calculate the information, format the letter, have it printed, get it into the envelope on which postage must be affixed (according to the envelope, “PRESORTED STANDARD U.S. POSTAGE PAID HEDERMAN DIRECT [whatever that means]).”  And, the postman must deliver it.  This is all costs money to accomplish; I wonder what it all costs to send out thousands and thousands of these letters!  So, here is my letter to Frenzel, president and CEO of Xcel energy.

Since my preferred grocery market is in Denver, and the Denver City Council has decided to put a price on having the groceries that we purchase in that favored store bagged in plastic bags (the charge is 10 cents per bag), I have endeavored to shop for groceries at a market in my city.  I also have been wondering since the push to use cloth bags started, who is really at the basis of the push.

 Just a note:  punctuation and other formatting is as found on the magnets.  I changed it only for clarity. 

“If you can speak, you can influence;  If you can influence, you can change lives”  Robert (Bob) Brown is an industry expert, author, and seminar leader, trainer and keynote speaker.

“If we are to have magical bodies, we must have magical minds.”  Wayne Walter Dyer was an American self-help author and a motivational speaker.

“Marrying the right person is the singularly most important decision you make in your life.”  Steven Roberts, journalist and spouse of Cokie Roberts.

Many, many publications, TV programs, etc., publish the past year in pictures.  I thought I would do the same.  So, here are a few of the pictures that I sent to you, this past year – plus just a few from the Wisconsin trip.