Birthday Musings on our Comfort Zone
Today is my birthday. Birthdays can be a good time to take stock and be reflective. I've been thinking a…
Happy New Year’s Resolutions!
Aren't New Years great? If you screw one up, you get another one just 12 months later to give it…
Growing Tropical Fruit Indoors
I LOVE the smell of citrus blossoms, especially in my house, in the winter. And I love tropical fruit. When…
Happy Birthday Art B.
I thought about Art Buchwald today, as I looked at this quote tacked to my office wall. “And Man created…
Lessons Learned from Hurricanes & Connecting Climate Dots
When I left Florida five years ago, hurricanes weren’t high on my list of reasons why. It was more…
My Grandfather was a Coal Miner
My Grandfather Was a Coal Miner My grandfather, "Sam", immigrated to America from southern Italy in the early 1900s. He…
A Fool with a Plan Can Beat a Genius with No Plan
A Fool With A Plan It was late 2008 and everyone in the room laughed as billionaire T. Boone Pickens…
The Anthropocene and the Fierce Urgency of Now
“We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.…
It’s About Saving Ourselves
"There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has…
Everything is Coming Together, As It All Falls Apart
Embed from Getty Images Movement Building If I had a theme for 2015, it would be movement building. 2015 was…