by admin | Jan 29, 2018 | Geography, History, Personal history, Restaurants, Transportation, Travel, Uncategorized
There is something distinct about boarding a cruise ship. An airplane, after all, no matter how big, is essentially a long, metal tube that flies. You can dress it up for international flights, but when all is said and done, you are simply spending a few hours in the...
by admin | Jan 5, 2018 | Climate, Geography, Personal history, Resilience, Travel, Weather
We interrupt our regularly scheduled blog post . . . . Tens of millions of Americans are accustomed to weather bulletins in winter months advising them of wintry conditions, whether they involve bitter cold or blowing snow. It is no great secret to anyone in recent...
by admin | Jan 1, 2018 | Art, Geography, History, Humanities, Parks, Personal history, Recreation, Travel
For three months, I have been intermittently aware that, back in August, I shared two phases of a trip to Norway that my wife and I took in July—and that I promised to complete the story with two more. At the same time, I was laying the groundwork for an entirely new...
by admin | Oct 18, 2017 | Activism, Careers, Climate, Disaster policy, Natural Hazards, Personal history, Racism, Resilience, Urban Planning
I know. My very title for this blog post sounds to some like yet another naïve stab at kumbaya. Well, stay with me, anyway. We are talking about solving problems in our communities, and the more people who get behind the solution, the more successful it is likely to...
by admin | Aug 4, 2017 | Business, Personal history, Restaurants, Transportation, Travel
It has been almost a month since my last blog post, for a reason. I spent most of the remainder of July at a conference in Colorado, for four days, and then overseas, for nearly two weeks. My wife and I traveled to Norway for a vacation, and I chose to separate myself...
by admin | Jul 2, 2017 | Aging, Books, Education, Government, History, Journalism, Personal history, Politics, Social Media
There is no doubt about it. President Donald Trump’s latest tweets have rightly triggered a firestorm of disgust and angry responses. The personal attacks on MSNBC reporters Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski have revealed a level of meanness and misogyny even...
