This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

What possesses a group of people to leave about 10 pounds of trash on the beach? I can’t remember if I was taught to leave a place better than I found it or if I was instinctively born with that trait. I can’t remember if I was taught to honor and...
Notes From the Garden

Notes From the Garden

I lived in the city growing up, in a top floor apartment above my paternal grandparents. Our yard was 2/3 concrete, but my mother made the other 1/3 look like a lush, verdant paradise. She had a square garden alongside the driveway, couldn’t have been more than...
Inconsistency Is Hard To Trust

Inconsistency Is Hard To Trust

I am a big fan of follow through. If someone tells me they are going to do something, be somewhere, or support me in some way, they better follow through. I am also a big fan of taking action. Do the thing! Don’t just talk about doing the thing. I have little...