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Category Archives: Neighborhoods
What small thing…? (the power of difference, & neighbors gathering)
As I prep for an ABCD Training for the Public Library Association next week in Chicago, I am moved to revisit some of my favorite stories I’ve encountered of people changing the world starting right outside their front door, acting … Continue reading
5 Ways to Reclaim the Holidays ~ from Consumers to Producers
“Angels we have heard on high, tell us to go out and buy” So goes Tom Lehrer’s “A Christmas Carol,” which rings strangely relevant today despite the fact that it was written over 50 years ago. As Lehrer says, “Christmas time … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Building Community, Graphic Recording / Sketchnotes, Neighborhoods
Tagged ABCD, abundance, christmas, citizenship, democracy, gift giving, gifts, holiday, hospitality, ideas, local, neighbor, neighborhood, presents, shopping
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The Keepers & the Makers
The tradition with me and my folks is that, come Mother’s / Father’s Day, Xmas, and sometimes birthdays, I draw them something. The themes vary… sometimes, it’s a drawing based on a meaningful photo. More often, it’s my own drawn … Continue reading
What’s in a Meal? (pt.1)
What’s in a meal? Well, there’s the obvious: Food… togetherness (potentially)… conversation. What else? A recent meal I had the fortune to attend gave me a glimpse into that answer. On a warm summer day about a month ago here … Continue reading
Surprises from a Florida day (p.3)
Continued from “Surprises from a Florida day, Part 2” So many more things came forth from our day–too many to list, and that is just from MY perspective. And, this is just the beginning. My goal that this be … Continue reading
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Surprises from a Florida day (p.2)
Continued from “Surprises from a Florida Day, Part 1.” After lunch, I led the group in a game of “We Can.” Developed by my colleague Cormac Russell and Inclusion Press, this game impressed me when I played it for … Continue reading
Surprises from a Florida day (p.1)
Now back in Indianapolis once again, this time greeting spring in all of its warm, rainy, flowering glory, my heart is still reverberating from a surprise-packed day I spent discussing asset-based ideas and possibilities with 55+ members of the Sarasota/Tampa … Continue reading