For over 10 years, I've been engaged as a volunteerdedicated to making greater use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in order to strengthen a sense of community, by bringing people together to reach a common objective. As I read my daily dose of eNewsletters, I often come across references [...]
Sometime this morning; most likely in the early hours, a blogging addict broke loose from being chained to his computer, where he's been cranking out a blog each and every day for over a month. He's escaped and no one knows where he is. Please be on the look out [...]
It didn't take my "Eagle Eyes" long to see this headline on the front page of Saturday's S.F. Chronicle - "Save(d) Mono Lake." It was a great article (over a full page of text, plus five photographs) that told the story about how a group of college students banded together, [...]
Our City's "Technology & Telecommunications Advisory Committee" held its regular monthly meeting, last night. Except for two former committee members whose terms had expired, no other members of the public were present. Although I'm no longer an "official" member, I couldn't help myself. I had to drop by just to [...]
What's this? A third fire set by arsonists to the Casa Grande High School field house! What's happening to our community? This structure was originally built several years ago to honor former CGHS baseball coach Bob Leslie. This community-based project was a wonderful example of our community spirit and support [...]
Today is Memorial Day 2006. There are many stories about its origin and several cities and towns that claim that they initiated this most famous and sacred national holiday. One account describes how women in the South organized groups and decorated graves of Confederate dead before the Civil War was [...]
Regular readers of my blog know how I've been struggling with devoting time, effort and energy (TE2) talking about building a sense of community vs. stepping up to the plate (SU2TP) and doing something about it (DSAI).Although the Close to Home column by Barbara Fisher, coordinator of the Literacy Connection [...]
It's early morning, just beginning to get light and the fog is in the valley - but my mind has kicked in; so I waddle downstairs in my bathrobe and bunny-rabbit slippers. However, I do not read the newspaper comics first, as I usually do. Instead, I start to compose [...]
I was all set to post a new blog for today, when I read a "Comment" by a fellow blogger (Frances Rivetti, who writes about "Family Life" for the online version of the Argus-Courier) about the lack of comments from our readers. Consequently, I'll save the original blog for another [...]
When will this community stop it? Week after week, this blogger has been involved in community events; each one has been a prime indicator of Petaluma's Sense of Community (SOC). On Friday night, the Petaluma Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated the 100th Anniversary of its establishment in 1906 with a [...]