Shock, pain and anger. They don’t often come to me and certainly not in the form and way that they did yesterday as I stood in Brookline waiting for two dear friends to run through with another on and off Facetime. Someone I work with texted to ask if I were alright, I was confused... Read More →

My friend C.C. Chapman wrote this fantastic little book called Amazing Things Will Happen.  It’s small, it’s short and it’s packed with things that will help you reach your goals in 2013 and beyond that.  This is a timeless book that you will revisit. I have two copies and I much prefer my Kindle version.  I... Read More →

Hate running?  Skip this post. For those of you who are into this sort of thing, here’s my story. Hopefully if you’re just getting started running or thinking about it these will give you something to consider. After struggling with a pair of typical running shoes that cut off my circulation no matter how I... Read More →

The inspiration of the new year has faded into the warm, (well, today overheated) fresh (filled with pollen) breath of spring.  Spring always makes me feel as if anything is possible yet it’s also the time where I realize the year is passing in a rush of busy with a side dish of procrastination.  Where... Read More →

A million tweets, Facebook shares, YouTube views.  We need to ask ourselves if awareness matters.  Does it realistically achieve the goals we seek? Over the last week or so Invisible Children’s KONY 2012 video and other marketing components have spread across the web like wildfire. Striving to achieve their goal of spreading the word about... Read More →

Julien used to intimidate the hell out of me.  Then he pushed me. Go ahead, think of something that you want to do but you’ve put off because of every reason excuse imaginable. Now go read The Flinch.   You have no reason NOT to read it, it’s one of the best damn life lessons you’re... Read More →

I recently finished a project that has required me to skim resources that are related to kids, education and digital media skills.  It’s made me ponder our educational situation here in the U.S. I’m also pondering how the generational lag between teachers and students is, in some cases, contributing to a lack of very necessary... Read More →

59 days and counting. The video below is a TED talk by Rob Hopkins on “Transition to a world without Oil“, who reminds us that the time period in which we’ve developed and build our lives around oil dependency is very short and will very shortly come to an end.  He touches on how oil... Read More →

This post was originally published two years ago. Shiny beautiful day, not so cold, laughter ringing as you race to the car and to be the best person you could be. One tiny instant and you disappeared. No second chances or last words, no thoughts to comfort us. I should have stopped you, for a... Read More →

2 years. That’s how long it’s taken our country to forget about New Orleans and the 9th Ward. To erase from our minds what happened when Hurricane Katrina with all its force took down a city so rich in culture and full of history and made it a swamp. In a heartbeat, thousands of people... Read More →