I was traveling a lot over the past 2 weeks and was struck by the power of and things to be learned from community. In Cincinnati I learned that at a Neighborhood Council meeting the neighborhood officer reported that the crime statistics were at the lowest po...
Month: May 2015
Turning Deficits Into Gifts
On a recent visit to Cincinnati I went out for a run from a friend’s house where I was staying. I have some knee issues and now run for 3 minutes and walk for 1 minute. I caught up with a guy who was carrying a plastic grocery bag and picking up t...
Fish, Philosophy and Friends with Fred
I stopped on a bike ride a few days ago and sat on this picnic table to look at the lake. Within a couple of minutes a man walking by with a white bucket, a tackle box and a fishing pole asked if I would share my table. He needed to rest as he had […]
Who Cares?
A key “teacher” in my life was David Schwartz who wrote a compelling book, Who Cares?- Rediscovering Community. It speaks of responses that will lead to better more enriched lives for us all and about the remnants of hospitality that can still be f...