Posts Tagged ‘ShelterBox’
7×7=one grateful blogger
Awhile ago, my Whidbey colleague Charlotte Morganti nominated me for a 7×7 link award! I wish I knew what the origins of this award was, but more important, I’m just happy that I’m getting an award! It’s my first! Also, one thing about Charlotte, [Read More]
The People in My Neighborhood: The Guardian
Ricardo Pierre isn’t someone I’m likely to ever encounter again. I’ve only ever spent a couple of weeks in his company. I only have a few decent photos of him, and I had to poach one of those from someone else. And yet, I’d trust him with my life. I [Read More]
‘sTrueth! A good time was had by all.
Jim and I spent the weekend at the Trues’. I had a ridiculously busy Friday that involved a ton of networking (which, it seems, could be a full-time job even if you’re not actually following up on any of the networking with anything concrete); took some time off [Read More]
Speaking the gospel
Okay. I have been thinking about this post for a really long time. I’ve been speaking to audiences since I started ARFE, and now, as I’m working with ShelterBox, I speak at least once a week. And in January I gave one of the most important speeches of my life. [Read More]
Florida, and what I found there
Almost exactly a week ago I began a long trip to Florida via Philadelphia. I met my friend Bill in Philly so we could catch a plane to Florida and ShelterBox USA’s winter workshop meeting. It was terrific to catch up with Bill and spend some quality time with him, and [Read More]
Gwen Bell’s Best of 2009: Challenge
So Gwen Bell is doing this project, okay? It’s not really about getting people to read your stuff, it’s more an opportunity to reflect on all of the things that have happened over the course of 2009. We already know that I’ve been terrible about blogging [Read More]
Lost: Mo, size large.
Sigh. I do hate losing my mo. One of my favorite lines to trot out about having chosen writing as a career is that you can find inspiration in whatever you do or say. You wake up every day knowing that something is going to strike you as worthy. Everyone has something to [Read More]
Day of Birth, Girls’ Night Out, and the Weekend of Bad Photos and Gorgeous Houses
Oh my, oh my. What a week. I turned 35 last Tuesday and did it in the company of some good friends, some I hadn’t seen in a year or so. It was a terrific evening: Jody and I saw a movie that a friend produced, and then hopped into a taxi cab to meet [Read More]
On perspective after Typhoon Morakot
…I should really have a think about that headline. Is this really going to be about perspective? Part of me is tempted to troll the web for other disaster-relief volunteers, see how their perspectives changed after their first real-life experiences, but that would be [Read More]
home & safe
and sorting out the crap that is expense reports, flotsam and jetsam of the post-deployment variety, and the massive backlog of photos. more later. [Read More]
