Follow my blog with Bloglovin* My daughter and I went to the Quincy Music Theatre production of Mary Poppins last night. I was deeply moved by the scene where Michael Banks and Bert are flying kites. Michael is clearly elated, and at a point where he wants to keep flying the kite, Bert says something to […]
Celebrating a #GirlHero
October 11, 2015, will be the International Day of the Girl. This year’s theme is The Power of the Adolescent Girl: Vision for 2030. To celebrate, Girl Up suggested we share a picture of an inspirational #GirlHero. Here is mine: This is Paloma Rambana, age 10. At the 2015 Dining in the Dark event, Paloma […]
How to Identify Your Disruptive Skills: A Whitney Johnson Guest Post
When I had the opportunity to attend the Social Good Summit in New York City recently, I was not surprised to hear the trendy word “disrupt” uttered in more than one session. Elizabeth Gore, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Dell, used the word “disrupt” in both of her panels, Enabling Entrepreneurship Everywhere and Tech Disruptions for a Sustainable […]
Florida Prepaid: Expanding Possibilities
“Why are you taking a picture of the BATHROOM?” I didn’t know my daughter was paying that much attention during a recent hotel stay. I guess she heard the “click” as I grabbed a snap of the bathroom during our recent hotel stay. I am in the habit of taking pictures of hotel rooms as soon […]
A Curiously Close Call With Censorship
I wrote this and submitted it as a “My View” for the Tallahassee Democrat to coincide with Banned Books Week. It was not accepted by the Democrat, and Banned Books Week ends today so I am out of time to try to convince them otherwise. This piece is the most heart-generated and fussed-over composition I […]
Day One – Social Good Summit #2030Now
This afternoon, I was in a room with more famous people than I have shared a room with in a long time. Here is the group who introduced the Sustainable Development Goals: Included in this group are Victoria Beckham (introduced Goal 3 – Health and Well Being), Queen Rania Al Abdullah (introduced Goal 4 – […]