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  • Sometimes the Story Is People Taking Care of Each Other

    Sometimes the Story Is People Taking Care of Each Other

    I went to a friend’s celebration of life this week, and I’ve been thinking about community ever since. He was one of those people who just seemed to understand it. He showed up. He connected people. He cared about what happened around him and to the people around him. He made community feel less like…

  • When the Lights Go Out, the Math Gets Personal

    When the Lights Go Out, the Math Gets Personal

    I did not plan to spend part of the Fourth of July weekend hauling branches out of a neighbor’s yard. I also did not plan to lose power for about 48 hours, start mentally ranking the contents of my refrigerator by perishability, or become deeply emotionally attached to the sound of a generator. But there…