Heading to Greenbuild

I’m lucky enough that part of my job description includes creating partnerships between DASNY and the USGBC, and I have been able to attend Greenbuild […]

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Poop and Perspective

This morning my son and I were walking to our carpool ride to a mini maker faire at Barnes and Noble. We we chatting about […]

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No-Idling at School (and what I should have said…)

I approached an SUV idling at the sidewalk at the back door to my son’s school and said to the driver “the school has a […]

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Cast Iron perfection

Ode to cast iron pans – the greenest, smartest, most simple and effective cooking tools, alongside the grater and the wooden spoon. Good for cooking: […]

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Collaboration, Hiking, and the Successful Architect

I have seen the 46ers film, and I will see it again tonight. It is wonderfully crafted, with a good balance of amazing ADK views […]

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The Market and My Place – Assessment.

Call it a mid-life assessment. I won’t call it a crisis but an assessment which may well lead to a crisis or a correction or […]

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Am I a Curmudgeon?

Am I a curmudgeon? I hope not.  I’m too young, for one thing, and for another, I actually mostly like people. But…I live in Albany, […]

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Appreciation with intent

I attended the memorial of a friend a bit ago, someone I had, in reflection, underestimated our whole friendship. I learned many interesting things about […]

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Accessibility revelations

I helped my son and a classmate with a school project on “able-ism”. Ableism is a term within discrimination, labeling the action of people who […]

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IKEA – is the blue and yellow…greener?

We visited IKEA for my birthday.  We are very engaged homeowners, always trying to make spaces more usable and more funky and more “us”.  We’ve […]

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