I talked to a 6-year old girl after watching TV. She said, “TV sucks my brains out.”
I talked to parents who grew up in the country and small towns. They told me:
1) They’d identified core values they received through their country and small town childhoods.
2)They committed to transferring those values
3) They’d updated these values to the current context and time.
Raising this generation to have a solid foundation is worthwhile work, indeed.
During the holidays sweets abound. Let’s say you’re not much of a baker. Let’s say you’re pressed for time. But, you want to take something home baked to that potluck, not something store bought. (“Store bought is a phrase from my childhood since we made everything from scratch at home.) After all–as the Pillsbury Doughboy…
I’m a Water Baby all the way. Put me in any body of water–from a bathtub to an ocean, and you’ll see a serene smile on my face. I’m here in Northern California to visit old friends and reconnect with the land and water of Lake County and the Northern California Coast. The jewel of…
There have been times in history that are famous for artists-designers-architects-writers-dancers-musicians-theater folks coming together. These nexus in time have always hummed to me. If I were to step into a time machine, I would set the dial to the Arts and Crafts Movement (late 1800s and early 1900s), or perhaps the Paris Left Bank in…
The biggest throw-your-hat-up-in-the-air news on May 8, 1945 was VICTORY IN EUROPE – GERMANY SURRENDERS! Click here to go to a site where you can hear a live report from Edward R. Murrow of CBS news standing in Piccadilly Circus in London”amidst a crowd of jubilant Britains celebrating the end of the war”. Go to…
In honor of the combination of Black History Month and Valentine’s Day week, I’m running a “Black Valentine” series to profile several of the most vibrant Black couples I’ve met in St. Louis. I met Marcia at a Black Community Empowerment Workshop run by Howard Denson of the Black Pages. Marcia is the creative drive…
Photo by Eden Maxwell, from the Tibetan Museum on Staten Island His Holiness the Dalai Lama is joined at this event by four distinguished panelists. In addition to the interaction of the panelists, you’ll see short videos on the panelists’ work. Here’s the link for April 11, 2008 session (9-11 PST) at University of Washington,…