My friend, Kathy Manos Penn, who is a fellow author and journalist, included a very lovely mention of me in her newspaper column in the Dunwoody Crier this week, from the night I participated in a monthly local author book reading at a coffee shop less than a mile from my home. That was the night…
The chihuahua on the accordion (and the annual Life Pie)
It’s almost time for my annual Life Pie*. This is something my daughters and I started doing years ago, when they’d come home from the first weeks of school (which starts in August here) with a bunch of things they wanted to do and join, and I realized pretty darn quickly that our life was…
Peace corps
Here is the secret I’ve been keeping.
Issue 6: Go full circle
Issue 6! We’re rockin’, folks. Check it out.
Life-affirming
It’s so rejuvenating to be back in my garden more lately. I forgot how garden advocacy work is so life-affirming (even though it was death that got me started there), whereas bike advocacy work deals with imminent death, death, death nationwide on a daily basis, and it’s heavy. I’ll keep doing both because I think…
Sustainable leaders in action
So, more folks (in addition to Carolyn Rader* and King Williams*, who had come previously) joined us on our Sustainability-in-Action tours from Bicycle Tours of Atlanta last week: We welcomed Dr. Jairo Garcia, the leader of the City of Atlanta’s Climate Action Plan and a professor of sustainable development at the Georgia Institute of Technology; Suzanne Haerther,…
Issue 5: Connect
Okay, team, here’s Issue 5. I’ve decided, most likely, on there being 8 weekly issues and then we’ll see about going monthly. These things are fun to do but time-consuming and I have a whole bunch of other opportunities to pursue/consider right now as well. Sign up for free so you don’t miss an issue (click…
