[UPDATED] The Year in 3

Posted by april

December 17, 2009

Thank you for your comments on 2009 - we’ve put them into a wordle to represent visually. The more often a word was mentioned, the larger it appears in the image below.

wordle

We’re curious…

If you were to choose 3 WORDS to describe 2009, what would they be?

This is open — You can come from whichever perspective makes sense to you—personal, community, national, etc.

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Comments

Hopeful; Guarded; Uncertain.

Comment by Dave Hilsheimer on December 17, 2009 @ 9:20 pm

many, many changes

Comment by marianela borsten on December 18, 2009 @ 9:30 am

My three words would be.

good,bad,ugly

or
debt,debt, debt

or
bankers, lawyers, collectors.

Comment by Bob Richardson on December 18, 2009 @ 2:06 pm

breathtaking, scary, enlightening

Comment by Molly Demeulenaere on December 18, 2009 @ 2:14 pm

i’ll share my own:

Challenge, Groundwork, Heart

Comment by April Doner on December 18, 2009 @ 3:09 pm

JOY- Happiness- Friends

Comment by dennis stover on December 18, 2009 @ 3:20 pm

family
posibilities
reset

Comment by Doug Ross on December 18, 2009 @ 3:41 pm

Frustrating but blessed!

Comment by Anna on December 18, 2009 @ 4:46 pm

Less is More!

Some years it’s more obvious than others!

Comment by Lisa Bohn on December 19, 2009 @ 1:16 pm

I couldn’t post this three-word recap without this precursor because it was too short:

“Old and new.”

Comment by Ray Conner on December 19, 2009 @ 1:24 pm

Tomorrows’ future glanced.

We must perserver.

Tenacity, Integrity, Community

Comment by Gerald Green Sr. on December 20, 2009 @ 3:46 am

This World is who We are!

Dying, Living, Giving!?!

With what and how shall we bathe in the glory of the future, if We ourselves We do not know?

Who are you to this moment for tomorrow?

Comment by Gerald Green Sr. on December 20, 2009 @ 4:18 am

Hope

Challenges

selfishness

Comment by joan mckniff on December 20, 2009 @ 4:26 am

Want what you have

Grateful

Hopeful

Comment by Suzanne Daigle on December 20, 2009 @ 10:41 am

I have many three word phrases, the one I like most is:
GOD IS GREAT!

Comment by Albert L. Phillips on December 20, 2009 @ 7:55 pm

Democrats Sold Out

or Republicans Democrats GARBAGE

Comment by Anthony Lorenzo on December 21, 2009 @ 2:13 pm

Here’s my $.02

Change?, Love, Uncertainty

Comment by Kate Irwin on December 23, 2009 @ 10:21 am

Reduce, Reuse, Renew

Comment by Susan Scott on December 23, 2009 @ 12:45 pm

change, family, love

Comment by Mary Butler on December 23, 2009 @ 1:01 pm

Imagine North Port

Comment by Peter Bartolotta on January 15, 2010 @ 1:42 pm

My submission for the Year in 3:

Challenging
Family
Hopeful

Comment by Maureen Hadden on January 25, 2010 @ 10:02 am

My 3 words for 2009:

Hopeful
Joyful
Challenging

Comment by Suzanne Gregory on January 25, 2010 @ 10:21 am

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