Dear Friends, There’s so much to share about 2015! As I review the year’s highlights, it seems best to simply offer twelve random snapshots. January. Despite vowing to stay put Continue Reading →

Dear Friends, Despite all the woes of the world, there’s so much to be thankful for. Near the top of my long list are the local business owners who make the Fallon Continue Reading →

Dear Friends, I wish Des Moines were Los Angeles. Well, not really. But I wish we had a newspaper that embodied the integrity of the LA Times. Two years ago, Continue Reading →

Dear Friends, I feel such deep gratitude to all of you for the many kind, encouraging responses you shared during my 200-mile trek across Normandy to Paris for the U.N. Climate Continue Reading →

November 29, 2015 – Paris to Le Bourget What lousy timing! I went to bed last night with the onset of a sinus infection. My night’s sleep was dismal, and Continue Reading →

Dear Friends, Given yesterday’s intense circumstances, you’ll receive two messages from me today: this and my final blog from the Walk to Paris for Climate Action, including the events that Continue Reading →

Thursday, November 26, 2015 – Issy-les-Moulineaux to Paris I am shocked at how many people smoke in Paris. I see no active campaigns against smoking, although there is a campaign encouraging Continue Reading →