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Kickstarter: Brownsville Student Farm Project

Oct

2011

Here’s the project I’m supporting for November: Brownsville Student Farm Project.

We did it! Race for the Cure Part Deux

Oct

2011

If you were reading my blog last year you may recall that I decided to go out and learn to run again. I hadn’t run since high school and as a 30 something adult it wasn’t super easy to get back into running shape. I kept it up though and now I can say that ...

The Hamilton Crop Circle

Oct

2011

I love Kickstarter so much that I want to share my exuberance with you each time I support a new project. I’ll try to regularly pledge my support to a project that I find personally meaningful. This time I’ve chosen to support the Hamilton Crop Circle. This project is near and dear to my ...

Kickstarter

Oct

2011

Kickstarter first entered my vocabulary about two years ago when an acquaintance at a birthday party was telling me about her latest project and how she intended to fund it. Kickstarter is a website where entrepreneurs and artists list details about a project plan and investors have the opportunity to fund it. Everyone can pledge ...

SerendipiT Donating 100% of Sale Proceeds to Japanese Aid Organizations

Mar

2011

The catastrophic events that have taken place in Japan over the last week are almost unimaginable, the suffering of the survivors nearly inconceivable. Fortunately there are several charitable organizations already providing aid. For this reason I am temporarily converting my Etsy shop over to serve as a means to collect donations to support the efforts ...

Doing Good: The Red Cross in Japan

Mar

2011

After the devastation wrought on Japan last week with the earthquake and subsequent tsunami I wanted to help. I’ve read several heart breaking stories and watched footage and I can’t even imagine the suffering many Japanese families are experiencing today. I wanted to donate funds to help, so I went with an old favorite standby, ...

Doing Good: The Dharma Works Foundation

Mar

2011

In a few previous posts I’ve eluded to the fact that I practice meditation. I practice meditation for a number of reasons, but the main goal is for me to develop and foster inner peace so that I can interact with everyone that I meet with patience, compassion, empathy and all of the wonderful good ...

Learning to Run 1

Sep

2010

I was once a track star. Not really. I was on the track team, but I was not the fastest and rarely won any races. I ran sprints and hurdles, namely 300M high hurdles, 110 hurdles, 200M, 400M and 800M relay. It turns out that being short is not an advantage when it comes to ...