Chance Encounters
This story is right up my alley of crazy, coincidental, meant-to-be-moments. Too many things colliding. Too many “signs.” You all know I love signs. You all know I do not believe in random encounters. So here’s the scene. The [...]
A Sterner Sense Of Justice
“Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.” Wendell Berry We’d like to believe it isn’t [...]
Gone Quiet
It has been over a month since I have written anything here. Unprecedented for me and I’m not here to explain or make excuses. Sometimes life takes over so thoroughly that one needs to check out, step back and let things settle. I [...]
Photography | Ken Carl | Magic
If you read this blog, if you receive our calendar, if you ever look at our website – you know Ken Carl. You may not realize it, but you do. He created our poster child in this now-iconic image: He is responsible for many of our calendars [...]
A Bag Lady
I spent the last three weeks living out of bags. I took this photo on the 2nd day of my trip because it amused me and because I was traveling very light that particular day and feeling just a bit smug. But by the end of the trip, when I had [...]
Back Story: How We Won The Vodafone Challenge
There is always a story, isn’t there? This one began when we welcomed Ritesh Gupta into the Foundation. Ritesh was a Vodafone World of Difference volunteer and I thought about him as I do about all volunteers: Maybe. Maybe not. Don’t [...]
By Little and By Little: Reaching Out, One Little Baby At A Time
Something incredible happened today. It’s been in the making for over a decade, thought about actively for over two years, and actually planned for in the last few months. But today, it HAPPENED. We’ve been invited to set up a Help [...]
