Remaking the Office

We had some water leakage issues a few weeks ago and have taken the opportunity to restore our office after ten years of constant use. The process has us deciding what is useful and what is not…also, what to store as historically relevant and what to recycle, trash, use as firestarter, etc.
One of the interesting [...]

Goofy Golf

Bob Smiley, an ESPN sportswriter, wrote this….I enjoy remembering pleasant times playing golf during my school years….WARNING, this is not about green anything, except maybe fertilized golf courses….
Some of you might be under the impression that major golf news tends to slow as the season winds down. If so, you clearly missed Monday’s announcement that [...]

Changes

I’ve begun developing a new website for the blog….and am attempting to learn more about WordPress so that I might create better information tools….including templates and educational materials on ecosystem services, ecomarkets, and community-based economic development.
Look for changes before the end of the year!

Drew Christy

I have never met Drew Christy. Drew was finishing his second year at Rose Hulman Institute of Technology and, on his drive home from winter exams, had a terrible accident on a patch of ice. He had severe brain injuries and for many days was clinging to life. Through testing, they found Drew had very [...]

KendaFest…pedal economics

I spent Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at the annual KendaFest mountain bike festival in the Berkshires. Because of my prostate cancer care, I’d missed out on the last couple…so it was great to go back. My abilities to climb on the bike seem good…so it was an extra treat that the ole’ cardio system was [...]

Ecosystem Services: A 21st Century Policy Challenge

Attached is an issue of Choices Magazine which is a publication of the American Agricultural Economics Association. It is an interesting look at the farm as managed ecosystem. There is an article by the faculty at the University of Rhode Island concerning our USDA Conservation Innovation Grant…the Bobolink Project.
Here’s the link:
http://www.choicesmagazine.org/magazine/pdf/block_9.pdf

Prostate Cancer

I have a more than casual interest in prostate cancer care….because I have prostate cancer. About 20 months ago I was diagnosed with very early stage prostate cancer. It was not an aggressive form, was isolated in a 3mm sized tumor. The surgeons wanted to do a radical prostatectomy, but because of the early diagnosis [...]

Enjoying your work..and caring for people

This morning I heard two short stories on NPR that were touching….and I want to relate them.
The first was the story of two North Carolina furniture makers. They both work for a company that makes well built tables from nice pieces of cherry and maple (occasionally some other woods). Both fellows have been there for [...]

America’s Most Walkable Cities

I’ve found in traveling that there are times when it is IMPOSSIBLE to get across the street to a restaurant or shop that you can see a block away….
This site sorts out the ‘walkability’ factor:
http://www.walkscore.com/rankings/

The British Open….a severe weather fest

OK, I digress quite a bit to put this up…but I just finished writing some business documents and wanted to see about the first round of the British Open. When I was young I played a lot of golf -some of it in pretty miserable conditions. I’ve cycled in rain storms going down hill at 40mph [...]