The crossover between friendship and business presents a fuzzy line. How truly do you know what you share in one space stays there and doesn’t influence the other? The honest answer is that you don’t. People move on, jobs change, opinions bend, gossip strikes…in other words, life happens as it would in any other situation and relationships are inherently risky.
So it struck me as a minor miracle that, after nearly 12 years of lunches, coffee dates, recording sessions, farm visits, texts, emails, and the general pressure of running nonprofits, Karen George and I have survived the gauntlet to her retirement from QCTV.
And now to celebrate her return to the world of parades as Grande Marshal of the Anoka Halloween Grande Day Parade with a staycation at Ticknor Hill and a mini pop up exhibit of her crown and sash! What fun. And this coming from someone who really derives no joy from joining throngs of people watching things drift by on the street.
So here is your assignment this week:
Submit stories of friendship in unlikely places
Share pictures of 2026 Halloween for ACHS records using this form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1hxck0r5y87Sj-kWnOf7QPecxvgETIUbDgZI-uSzm554/viewform
Send a note of congratulations or a memory to Karen
