It was Martin Luther King who said that “No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.” I begin with this quote because The Purple Tree (www.ThePurpleTree.org) is partnered with Plantables (www.Plantables.net) to help manufacture the new Sprout Worthy (www.SproutWorthy.com) window boxes. In our numerous…

It was Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) who said that “we are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey. And like so many addicts about to face cold turkey, our leaders are now committing violent crimes to get what little is left of what we’re hooked on.” One of…

And so the 2015-16 academic year begins once again. As I was thinking about what to say concerning something that has happened almost four score years for me, I remembered something that one of our U.S. Supreme Court Justices, Elena Kagan, said. In terms of important learning, she said “I’ve led a school whose faculty…

My guess is that many of you share my compelling lack of enthusiasm for another early start to a presidential and national political campaign. Once again, the negative and divisive comments and personalities predominate, and mostly unimportant sideshows take center stage. In the midst of it all, the most important and compelling human social needs…