I love voting, and look forward to doing so tomorrow at Jones College Prep high school. Democracy is a luxury and one that’s at risk, so voting is more important than ever. (For the record, I’d rate the 2020 elections as the straightest, truest, cleanest presidential election of my lifetime. It was closely scrutinized in […]

Good information is easier to get than ever, if you’re willing to put in the effort to separate the wheat from the chaff. But if you’re not, bad information is everywhere. Case in point: This past Saturday we took a Lyft home after visiting with family in the suburbs. The driver was affable, of Korean […]

When a loved one has the nerve to die, it’s a gut punch that knocks the wind out of me. Even if I knew it was coming. Then I get up, get back in the game, and work through the realization that they’re gone. I know that they’re gone intellectually. But habit lives on. Fondness […]

Hello from Beth. Mike and I got some tough news yesterday — we learned our friend Stephen Bradley Gillaugh had died from lung cancer yesterday morning. We always referred to the Notorious SBG as Brad,” and I hope this posting of a blog Mike wrote about him ten years ago will give you a glimpse […]

Two weeks ago I was exploring Mexico City, acting the tourist after three days of work meetings. My phone tells me that on Monday, Sept. 12, I took more than 25,000 steps, covering 10+ miles. Every bit of it was worth it. I work for a non-profit—and like other non-profits, our board of directors meets […]