Growing Bolder Community

For a birthday today where all I'll admit to turning is..."thirty-nine again"...this one was a pretty good sampler. Started off with a surprise chocolate cheesecake with candles on it for breakfast. Then fulfilled a long-time itch by checking out the Door County Sled Dogs rides in Milwaukee's Whitnall Park. Even the weather cooperated--after ghastly stretchs of sub-zero wind chills making me...

It’s time, once again, for those random things in life that aren’t worthy of a full length musing. There’s hope for my golf game - I’ve been playing golf got 53 of my 75 years here on earth. Contrary to the old saying, practice doesn’t make perfect. If it did, I’d have been on the tour a long time ago. However, there is an achievement I’m looking forward to – it’s...

For details about the contest, its rules and prizes visit http://www.hollywoodsurvivalkit.com The flowers are Jerusalem Artichokes and their root is a bulb of sorts that after the season once the weather is cold is dug up and eaten. In salads raw or cooked on their own and often mashed for soup puree as they lose their firmness quite easily. I will publish new shots of the garden every 3 days...

Of all the projects I’ve had the privilege to produce as founder and program facilitator for Center for Folk and Community Art, a non-profit outreach organization that uses visual art as a tool of intervention, prevention and education, the one that had a lasting impact on me was “What It Feels Like to Grow Older”. More than seven hundred men and women ranging in age from 50 to 106 described...