This feels like coming home! Until a few years ago, I lived in the ‘Warmland’—farming, vending at the Duncan Farmers’ Market, and writing a weekly column for The Citizen called “Food for Thought”. Not a very innovative title but it did describe very well what I intended it to be all about—my thoughts and observations […]
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Guiding Children for Change
Consider for a moment that all of our global challenges and social problems could be remedied in a single generation. As simplistic as that sounds, developmental theory supports it: Children look to their early learning experiences to form their understanding of the world around them and their sense of how things “should” and should not […]
Liquids We Drink
Almost 7 billion people need to drink clean water in order to survive. Agriculture also requires water. Therefore, it has become our collective duty to be active in the protection and conservation of the planet’s fresh water. That is why the United Nations general assembly held a vote at the end of July of […]
Book Review: What Should I Do With My Life?
“What Should I Do With My Life?”, by Po Bronson, ISBN 0-375-50749-3 How do we find our true calling? It is a universal question almost everyone will ask at that point when they start soul searching to find deeper meaning in their lives and define more relevant career paths. Novelist and business writer Po Bronson […]