Happy Birthday, High Grounds
By Benita Cotton-Orr
Don’t get me wrong. Dove Body Wash is a wonderful product. But back in 2015, I switched to Olay. It had nothing to do with the quality of Dove. I announced we were parting ways in a Facebook post (where all my opinions go to die!).
Looking Back, Looking Forward!
By Benita Cotton-Orr
One year ago today, I launched High Grounds Consulting, a policy, communications and strategy business that draws on my decades of experience and expertise as both a journalist and a public policy analyst. And that wasn’t the only big move of 2022. Another was a permanent move to Georgia’s Highest and Coolest City, Sky Valley, after living in Cobb County since emigrating to the United States in 1986!
Among the year’s other “high” points:
By Benita Cotton-Orr
You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello
There are people who leave an indelible impression on you. In one sentence, they can inspire you or destroy you. They’re the ones you spend your life proving were wrong. Or right.
You know the people I’m talking about. The mean neighbor who tells you you’ll never amount to anything, so why try? The teacher who tells you that you can go anywhere you want; don’t be held back by where you come from.
Ross Cuthbertson was one of those people. A single, young, white man who moved into the impoverished “coloured” community of Wentworth, Durban, during South Africa’s apartheid era to become the parish priest for St. Gabriel’s Anglican Church.
In my first post on this new website, as I turn a page to start a new chapter after two successful careers, I think back on Father Cuthbertson’s influence on my young life. It’s a poignant reminder of the significance of legacy and the life-changing impact words can have.
What was his indelible impression on me, you ask?