Project 365 – Growing Is Good For The Soul
As an organic gardener, it’s tough for me to separate myself from the deep emotions that working with soil, in the early morning sun brings to my small corner of this vast planet. If I were a betting...
View ArticleProject 365 – How Worms Can Change The World
What do red worms have to do with changing the world? Okay, they can’t stop nuclear waste, stupid politics or animal abuse. They’re not going to march on Washington and demand a balanced budget or an...
View ArticleProject 365 – Saving Animals & Saving Ourselves
Let me start this post by saying, I am not a vegetarian or vegan. I eat beef, chicken and pork. But I don’t buy any meat at the supermarket. All of our meat comes from two local farmers whose...
View ArticleProject 365 – Square Foot Gardening For Food
Anyone who has ever gardened has heard the expression, “square foot gardening.” It’s a modified version of “raised-bed intensive,” an old technique that is supposed to create a highly controlled space...
View ArticleProject 365 – Margaret Roach & Fedco Founder Talk Seeds
Of all the people whose gardening wisdom I follow, here are two that I most admire and trust. Margaret Roach is the author of two books I proudly own – A Way to Garden: A Hands-On Primer for Every...
View ArticleProject 365: “Fearless” Quilt Honors Rosa Parks
I am old enough to remember the courage of Rosa Parks and her quiet, considered grace. I am old enough to remember the fight for desegregation and for civil rights. I can praise the men and women and...
View ArticleShoulder Surgery Sidelining This Writer
Tomorrow the rotator cuff and tendons in my right shoulder are undergoing a bit of surgical repair. I’m pretty sure that a couple of good landings off my horse helped to do the damage but I have...
View ArticleShoulder Surgery No Big Deal!
I’m back…sort of. Still one-armed and will be for about 2 months! The rotator cuff was torn in my right shoulder but when they opened up the site, it was the “missing tendon” that got their attention....
View ArticleOn the Path To Self Knowledge with Oprah & Deepak Chopra
In Oprah’s 21 day Desire & Destiny meditation series Oprah and Deepak ask us to answer three, simple questions: Who am I? What do I want? How can I serve? Small, aren’t they? But I think they are...
View ArticleGeoffrey Canada Knows How To Save Education
And Geoffrey Canada knows how to save children and parents and communities. I’ve written about Mr. Canada before – one of my Project 365 heroes. But I think this man, his Harlem Project and the...
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