A close friend of mine shared this lasting parallel, ‘staying home is like giving blood.’ That really hit home. It’s being a good steward for the community, a small act with a big impact. So too is Buying Local, in my view, it’s like giving blood. Over the past six or seven weeks, my observation is that […]

Distress is at an all-time high for many of us, but so is eustress.  Each takes us down a very different path.  Where one leads far down the path to where it bends hopelessly into the undergrowth, the other has perhaps the better claim. It's the one less traveled by...

We all need support and guidance during unprecedented times, specifically an underlying value of communication. In recent weeks we’ve experienced an unstoppable force of people caring for each other, people reaching out and checking in, and opening the lines of communication. This post is part of a […]

Unprecedented is a fitting word for how much the world has changed overnight.  As challenging as these times are, they also test our willingness to put the health of our community above our own comforts.

My father passed away when I was 16, on March 16th, thirty years ago. I completely forgot about that until yesterday.  I could not believe I let this significant date go by! This virus has consumed our lives so much that I forgot the 30th anniversary of my father's passing ten days after the fact.