Color Blind Book Review: Breaking the Baseball Color Line Before Jackie Robinson
I’ve been putting most of my blogging energies into Cooking Chat, but I do want to get back into blogging here with some regularity. A good place to start is with a quick book review of Color Blind:...
View ArticleEasily Switch Between Instagram Accounts
Were you excited to learn you can easily switch between Instagram accounts now? Yes, me too! This posts breaks down the simple steps for switching between Instagram accounts on your phone. Image by...
View ArticleSummer Rain Haiku
Walking in the light warm rain today inspired this little Summer Rain haiku. The last line came to me thinking about another time I was walking on a day like this. walking in warm rain summer smells...
View ArticleDarkness cannot drive out darkness
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Martin Luther King, Jr. Seeking some words to grasp after the terrible violence of the...
View ArticleLessons from The Innovators [#bookreview]
Walter Isaacson’s book, The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, is a good read to provide a long view of innovators who made major contributions to...
View ArticleDifferences and the Work of Greatness in Our Democracy
If Secretary Clinton and President Obama can move on with grace and dignity as they did in their remarks yesterday, I certainly can move forward too. As President Obama noted, when he welcomes...
View ArticleVeterans Day Reflections: Honoring the Values Veterans Fought to Preserve
When we thank veterans for their service on Veterans Day and other occasions, we often say they fought for our freedom. While there is truth in this statement, the shorthand doesn’t tell the whole...
View ArticleMLK Day Remarks: Our Beloved Community
Yesterday, the City of Woburn held an MLK Day event hosted by Mayor Scott Galvin. I had the opportunity to share some thoughts at the event. Our organization, Social Capital Inc. (SCI), has been...
View ArticleThanksgiving Memories
“I raised to my lips a spoonful of the cake . . . a shudder ran through my whole body and I stopped, intent upon the extraordinary changes that were taking place.” Marcel Proust Food can certainly...
View ArticleChristmas 2020
The little brook across from our house is rushing to the pond today, swollen from the heavy rain earlier. Glad it eased up enough to still get out for a walk… and that our power stayed on, enabling us...
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