You don’t get to be optimistic without buying into the solution. How? Doing your bit. How? You choose. If you can be an activist, be an activist. If you can’t, support people who actively work toward solutions by donating money, by spreading their word, by…

I finally went somewhere new, and have fresh doors for you! A niece is happily expecting, and a friend of hers threw her a baby shower. The friend probably thought I was casing the joint, the way I was snapping pictures of the points of…

Charlie and I were talking about the importance of turning off lights when we leave the room. We’ve always done it, but sometimes forget because old. I quoted his father, a man I never met, but who Charlie has quoted on the subject of thrift.…