Karma
I had a great meeting with our local Super 8 owner, Bhavik (Bobby) Shah last week. It was your standard check in meeting: how are you, what’s working, what’s new, how can we help kind of meeting. We got to talk about becoming more involved in the community. We talked about participating in events, attending meetings,…
Giving Back
Last Monday I spent an hour out at Brandup’s Timber. Mike had some pumpkins he was donating to the Chamber if we came out and picked them. I also got to see the CRP ground (Conservation Reserve Program) and found broom corn, bittersweet, native grasses and more. The Brandup’s have given back to our community,…
Sunday Update: Sick
I’ve had a sinus infection for over a month now. I’ve had three rounds of antibiotics (in the third one now) and a round of prednisone. Dizziness, lethargy, pain in my face, confusion — all symptoms that have bothered me. This week I did not work out. It’s bothered me – because I want to…
Victorian Questionaire
Marcel Proust filled out an English language questionnaire given to him by the daughter of the President of France sometime in the 1880’s. It was part of the Victorian version of the personality test of today. You may have seen it on Inside the Actors Studio and in Vanity Fair. I just read about it…
Think Global, Buy Local
It’s been repeated a lot — buy local. The holidays are coming and your local businesses count on you to shop where you live. Why should you? Here’s a good infographic that might help answer that question. by daSantosh.
Aggregate Reading for Building Possibility
I use Flipboard on my phone to read about things that interest me, found all in one place. I’ve organized the categories according to the things I’m interested in. I can choose to share an article on social media sites, email it and even save it to read later. As someone very much interested in…
Sunday Update: Hibernation
It’s my tendency in cold weather to stay home. It’s warm at home. This week I bought a tv, Chromecast and learned how to watch Netflix on the tv. Along with Hulu, Youtube, any website I wanted and anything online that moved. I don’t have cable or even regular tv. I haven’t had in years.…
Building a Better Block
I’ve visited with proponents of Building a Better Block over the past several years. They are onto something. The Better Block project started in April, 2010, when a group of community organizers, neighbors, and property owners gathered together to revitalize a single commercial block in an underused neighborhood corridor. The area was filled with vacant…
Quantifying Community Revitalization
I’ve been thinking and studying about what revitalization is and what it can mean to small towns. Is new businesses downtown enough? No. Is a new smokestack going to help? Maybe, but not enough. What about tourism and bringing people in to town? Yes, but again – not enough. Storm Cunningham* shared a white…
Sunday Update: Study
All your life you’ll be a student. Often inadvertently. On this journey to wellness I’m studying what others are doing and what is working for them. My friend Justin Levy has always been fanatical about exercising and eating right. He’s been a dedicated weight lifter and has ‘killed it’. Until August 10. When he had…