by admin | Feb 3, 2019 | Activism, Books, Careers, Christianity, Education, Gratitude, Journalism, Personal history, Religion, Writing
GRATITUDE ON PARADE#gratitudeonparadeAlong with John Erickson, Maryanne Salcetti played a key role in my early journalistic development. As the co-editor with her husband of the weekly news, a regional newspaper in Iowa City, she took me on as a part-time cub reporter...
by admin | Jan 27, 2019 | Activism, Agriculture, Books, Careers, Gratitude, Journalism, Personal health, Personal history, Resilience, Writing
GRATITUDE ON PARADE#gratitudeonparadeI am devoting much of this week to people who contributed in significant ways to my early publishing career. For the last 35 years or more, I have mixed journalism and writing skills with technical and professional knowledge to...
by admin | Jan 21, 2019 | Careers, Floodplain management, Government, Gratitude, Information technology, Natural Hazards, Resilience, Uncategorized, Urban Planning, Water
GRATITUDE ON PARADE #gratitudeonparade[Partners of] the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Digital Coast program are hosting a meeting in Washington, D.C., today of the Digital Coast Partnership, an assortment of eight national nonprofit...
by admin | Jan 12, 2019 | Activism, Careers, Disaster, Disaster policy, Education, Government, Gratitude, History, Natural Hazards, Personal history, Uncategorized, Urban Planning, Volunteerism
GRATITUDE ON PARADE #gratitudeonparade Today’s late-night entry has no photo because I have none from so long ago, certainly not digitized, anyway–or easily found. That makes Lynn Saunders’s contribution to my career no less seminal or memorable. An...
by admin | Jan 5, 2019 | Activism, Blogging, Careers, Education, Gratitude, Personal health, Personal history, Resilience, Urban Planning
Gratitude on Parade #1 Okay, call me a copycat. If an idea is good enough, why not copy it proudly? On New Year’s Day, I read in a Chicago Tribune column by Heidi Stevens about a woman, Jen Kramer, who began a daily effort on Facebook a year ago as #yearoflove....
by admin | Jan 1, 2019 | Activism, Careers, Education, Personal history, Urban Planning, Writing
As a New Year arrives, perhaps it was the gift-giving season and the story of Christmas that prompted this blog post. Or, perhaps, it was simply lurking in my subconscious mind, awaiting the appropriate opportunity to emerge into the light of conscious deliberation....