Even with 500 TV channels at our fingertips my 12 year old son, Blair, and I could not come up with a movie to watch. He manned the remote flipping from title to title while I played God saying “next” and “pass” until we had gone from A to Z. He grew impatient and started [...]
Archive for August, 2010
Beads, Bricks and a Better Life
Posted: August 26, 2010 in Africa, Children, Community Service, Global Poverty, Human Rights, Inspiration, Media, Music, News, News and Views, Philanthropy, Poverty, Random Thoughts, Television, Travel, WomenTags: BeadforLife, HDNet, kampala, Mukono, Uganda, World Report
It was the most amazing coming out party. A small village outside Kampala, Uganda, full of women, celebrating the miraculous accomplishment of rising up from life crushing poverty to become homeowners and landowners. They started singing and dancing in the morning and the festivities did not stop until midnight. One of the most joyful sights [...]
Remembering Uncle Ted
Posted: August 18, 2010 in Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Politics, Random Thoughts, Travel, United States of America, WeatherTags: Alaska, Blackberry, Capitol Hill, Dillingham, Fishing, Lockheed Martin, Salmon, Senator Ted Stevens, Uncle Ted
I had a hunch as soon as I sat down by Scott on the flight to Anchorage that he was on his way to the funeral of Alaska Senator Ted Stevens. He was in a suit with a Lockheed Martin pin and was busily cranking away on his Blackberry. Once we were airborne we started [...]
K’Naan: Waving Flag’s Backstory
Posted: August 16, 2010 in Africa, Arts and Culture, Canada, Haiti, Human Rights, Inspiration, Media, Music, Natural Disasters, News, News and Views, Poverty, Random Thoughts, SportsTags: BBC, BBC Radio, FIFA, K'Naan, South Africa, Waving Flag, World Cup, World Cup Soccer
I love backstories. I love looking behind the scenes at inspirations and motivations that lead to great creativity. Here’s musician and artist K’Naan’s story in his own words on BBC Radio about what led to his epic song “Waving Flag,” which became a rallying cry for earthquake stricken Haiti, and then a joyous anthem for [...]
The Woman on the Cover
Posted: August 5, 2010 in Children, Human Rights, Inspiration, Law and Order, Media, News, News and Views, Photography, Politics, Random Thoughts, Terrorism, United States of America, Violence, WomenTags: Afghanistan, Taliban, Time Magazine
The cover of this week’s Time Magazine is incredibly powerful. I saw it at the airport and couldn’t get it out of my mind. A woman with her nose cut off by the Taliban as the poster child for the carnage and cruelty in that war torn land. Not sure if it posed a question [...]
