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Be the Change…
“Change was the uninvited dinner guest at a swanky restaurant who drank and talked excessively and then bailed on the check, a nefarious six-letter word that entered like a hurricane, scattering roofs and dreams, downing all electrical connections, and leaving … Continue reading
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Tagged 40-hour work week, Be the Change, blogging, civil strife, good reads, hammock, higher education, labor, Labor Day, life, OSHA, philosphical, refugees, writing
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A Lesson in Buyerarchy
[Graphic by Canadian designer Sarah Lazarovic Under the category of Friends Doing Fabulous Things: A Lesson in Buyerarchy Impacting Waste Reduction at the Source by Janet Williams [A Buyerarchy Lesson was originally published on Sustrana’s blogsite in February 2015.] Here’s an … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, borrow, buyerarchy of needs, granny knows best, janet williams, make, recycle, reduce, reuse, sustrana, swap, thrift, use what you have, waste reduction at the source
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Shut Up and Listen
Shut Up and Listen In February 2012, Forbes ran an article entitled, “Why Most Leaders Need to Shut Up and Listen.” It goes on to say how a great leader is also a great communicator which means both talking and listening, that … Continue reading
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Tagged billionaire, blogging, Donald Trump, GOP, great leaders, POTUS, presidential campaign, Presidential candidate, presidential hopeful, The Donald
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The Mennonite in the Little Black Dress
The Mennonite in the Little Black Dress Robert Frost famously said that “home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” Rhoda Janzen’s, The Mennonite in the Little Black Dress proves Frost’s … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, borscht, gay husbands, going home, memoir, Mennonites, writing
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Excerpt from “The Quality of Light”
The summer months have arrived which means it’s time to make your summer reading list. Have I got a book for you. “Six Sisters” has a little something for everyone. Please enjoy an excerpt from, “The Quality of Light.” Read … Continue reading
Orphan Train
Orphan Train “[T]he people who matter in our lives stay with us, haunting our most ordinary moments. They’re with us in the grocery store, as we turn a corner, chat with a friend. They rise up through the pavement; we … Continue reading
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Tagged aging out of foster care, book review, foster care, homelessness, immigrants, orphan
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The Worth of Water
The Worth of Water On my way to the 8th Annual Global Water Alliance (GWA) conference in Philadelphia on March 26, 2015, I took a shortcut across the University of Penn’s campus and, given that I am navigationally challenged, overshot … Continue reading
The Fun Foodie Friends Interviews!
The Fun Foodie Friends Interviews! I don’t know what’s more exciting. Putting your own creative works out into the universe, or promoting another’s work because you love it and you can. The promotion part is at the heart of every … Continue reading
Silent Spring
Silent Spring When Rachel Carson penned Silent Spring, first published in 1962, she probably had no idea that it would be one of the most influential books of the modern environmental movement. A smart, savvy scientist, Carson wrote the seminal … Continue reading
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Tagged biocides, cancer, do-it-yourself gardens, environmental movement, herbicides, pesticides
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