Stairwell Stories

A few blogs back I promised I would be taking the stairs instead of the elevator. I would like to say that this has caused dramatic changes in my life. But it hasn’t. Or that the stair climbing has brought me greater wisdom; but the only thing that has become very clear to me is…

Good to the last drop

Water—too much or not enough leads to big problems. For such an essential in our lives, we tend not to pay much attention to water until it affects us directly and immediately. Flooding, mudslides or drought have a way of focusing your attention. In the midst of excess or scarcity, it becomes a matter of…

We are what we eat

Do pigs like it when we eat their pork? When he was around five years old, my son asked that question. No, they don’t, we explained, which answered his question without going into details about how pigs turn into pork. October 4th was the feast of St Francis of Assisi, known for his love for…