March Features: People Who Improve the Planet
These two women not only make their corner of the world better, they thrive in the doing of it. And “thrive,” in this sense, has nothing to do with wealth, fame, or reality television.
Genius: 140 Characters and the F-word
Some brilliant, wonderful fellow has thrust his pulsating political wit into the gaping void of chaos that is Twitter…and spawned magic.
“Transitioned”
In limbo between an old, dying economic model and some nebulous future one, how do we prepare ourselves for what comes next? A few days ago I posted a link to my Facebook page that prompted a few enraged replies, which I guess was just what I was looking for. (I was pissed off, and…
The ABCs of Loss
When people we love die, we move on with life, because we have to. The closer they were to us, the longer it takes. But eventually, life’s dailiness takes over: we set the alarm each day, pour cereal, prune shrubs, feed the cat. But the absence casts a shadow, the colors of things are ever…
Behind the Story – Kate Mills’s “Broken Compass”
The minute I walked into Kate Mills’s Inglewood house on a hot morning last July, I knew we were going to “get” each other. First of all, she had a bagel from Bagel Face ready to go, just for me. Such things never fail to impress. And then there was the house itself:…
Warrior Dash Insanity
Last spring I posted about Hal’s and my harebrained “Let’s get in shape real fast” scheme, buttressed by a 60-day DVD workout plan called “Insanity.” And insane it was: six days a week, for forty to sixty minutes a day last April and May, we slid a disc into the computer and bounced, heaved, and…
Big Ideas – Girls on the Run
Sometimes being around teen girls can be pretty painful–all that excruciating awkwardness comes whooshing back. The giggles. The blushing. The word “like.” That’s because being a teen girl is often painful. I remember. I was one, a rather long time ago, and a particularly scrawny, flat-chested, and knock-kneed one at that. I recall the near-constant…
Ideas That Grow – Community Drug Disposal Efforts
Two weeks ago, I did a WPLN piece on a Middle-Tennessee event aimed at helping folks dispose of their old prescription drugs safely and legally. You can hear the audio, read a transcript, and see a slideshow here. Here’s how I know this is an idea whose time has come: the U.S. Senate just passed…
The Greenery 