Category: Community
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You Can Go Home Again (Hint: Try Knocking on the Front Door)
Note: this entry was written in mid-February but posted today. For the past two weeks I’ve been back in Vancouver for my annual journey “home.” But this year was different. I returned to find permanent lodging and care for my father, whose Alzheimers has taken a significant turn for the worse. I simultaneously advocated… Read more
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Shelter from the Storm
Fear. Mental illness. Apocalyptic visions. It’s so hard to tell the difference between them these days. In Take Shelter, Curtis, a young husband and father from the midwest, obsesses about building out his underground storm shelter. Times are tough, jobs are in short supply, and families teeter on the edge of survival. Not a great… Read more
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This is My Home
For Anthony Pisano, home is where his stuff is. If you’re lucky you’ll catch him sitting on his New York City stoop and you’ll get to take a look around his unusual home. He offers a great lesson in staying open to the world around you. The blessings just keep walking through the door….. A… Read more
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When Opportunity Knocks
I recently returned from a two week stint in Vancouver which was 98% critical family business and 2% my first solo vacation in thirteen years without kids. I was there to find a long-term living facility for my father, who now requires 24/7 care due to Alzheimers. I did, however, manage to fit in… Read more
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You Can Go Home Again (Hint: Try Knocking on the Front Door)
For the past two weeks I’ve been back in Vancouver for my annual journey “home.” But this year was different. I returned to find permanent lodging and care for my father, whose Alzheimers has taken a significant turn for the worse. I simultaneously advocated for my dad and provided moral support to my mom.… Read more
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This Is Where We Live
A little bit of lovely from publisher 4th Estate for the end of a grey day. And good luck trying to not count the books that you’ve read as they pass by…. Read more
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Jake’s House of Joe
You may live in the back-of-beyond with no decent coffeehouse in sight. But there’s no need to wait around, bemoaning your sad fate, when you can start your very own “Jake Hortons”.* Read more
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A Tale of Two Hotels – The Drake (Part 2)
We checked out of the Gladstone, Husband headed to the financial district, and I strolled down Queen Street to the Drake Hotel. I didn’t want to leave the area without getting, at the very least, a cursory look at the Gladstone’s kissing cousin. The building began its life in 1890 as Small’s Hotel, catering to… Read more
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IKEA Builds 26-Acre Community in London
Can’t say I didn’t see this coming. Back in April, I extolled the virtues of IKEA’s business model and pondered how it might be applied to other related endeavours. You can read that blog entry here. Britain’s Daily Mail Online reports that IKEA is building an entire community near Olympic Park in London. Strand East will contain… Read more