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The forest is coming to life again, even against the backdrop of Helene’s damage, and I need to tell you what that means for those of us still here. Why? Because our climate disaster is yours, [...]

First, thanks to those who responded to last month’s invitation to divest from Meta…including the writers who informed me that WhatsApp is owned by Meta (I’ve since switched to Signal) and those [...]

Over the past month, despite much of the surrounding national forest still being closed, we’ve braved some of the hiking trails. Hiking has felt very healing, if not also tender. Just a hundred [...]

It’s time to break up with Meta. Yes, I understand entire businesses and livelihoods have been “made” on these platforms. Yes, I understand it’s not a simple request. Yes, I understand it can’t [...]

We continue to feel very protective of our family time, in our post-Helene, reunited lives. Volunteering happens weekly, at relief centers or river and creek cleanups. Below, you’ll see my son [...]

Oh my goodness, peeps! We have something to celebrate! Hopefully you’ve been tracking the major resignations at newspapers across the United States (Washington Post, LA Times, etc.) that started [...]

My family has been reunited – under the same roof – for six weeks. Every day, dump trucks come and go along Highway 80 and our side road, Lower Browns Creek Road, removing piles of ruined items [...]

This month you’ll notice a few changes to my blog and newsletter. Throughout my sixteen years in business, I’ve largely kept politics separate. I have never explicitly named Presidential [...]

We are so much more than the headlines and heretics that make the news. If the past few months have taught me anything, it’s exactly that. If you’re grasping for good news, validation, a [...]

It’s hard to know where to start an update when my community is still knee-deep in mud, death, and destruction. But right alongside that, many of us are also heart-deep in compassion, [...]