Those close to me are aware of my fondness for the term "flip", as it is often at the heart of whatever my strangely wired brain is thinking when approaching any situation. How do you flip your thinking on something around you to take a whole new...
Read MoreTricky to Make the Call on Treats with Weather, Posts, and Tweets Breathing Down Your Neck
Leadership sometimes calls leaders to make the tough call on critical issues, like when the kids can run around the community picking up M&M's, Snickers, and Milky Way bars. It's not the kind of thing we are used to fighting for, like health...
Read MoreFeast While You Can on a Bountiful Crop of Apples, Donuts and Good Times at County Line Orchard through November 3rd
Weather can be your friend or foe in the farming business and the huge crop of 2013 apples shows just how sweet the apple business can be. Good growing conditions and the large expansion of 4,000 more trees a few years back, has County Line Orchard...
Read MoreLife is a Revolution: A Celebration of Local Manufacturing
In the movie Field of Dreams there’s that famous saying, “If you build it they will come.” In the case of Northwest Indiana manufacturing it could be said, “If you build it -local buildings and businesses- and hire good staff, they will help...
Read MoreBlackbird Diaries: My Cup Overfloweth
Time and time again, I walk in Blackbird Café’s door for my regular sustenance and my cup of coffee to so much good happening at once. Some are there, like me, to eat; others for get-togethers, a time to catch up and connect. Just the other day, I...
Read MoreRick Richards – Left an Impact Far Beyond the Muddy Trail
The stream of story lines run through your head as another piece of Rick you remember hits your view since he passed Saturday at the Mudathlon. His friendly face, peppy or peppered depending on the day, purposeful energy, cut to the chase...
Read MoreAwards Night Notes #GoodLifeAwards #ThankYouMoreThanWordsCanSay
First, I want to thank the Lifers that make sure your stories, photos, events and good news come to life. They have grown in our four years to an army of good people on a mission to spread good. To everyone here: thank you for showing up. We asked...
Read MoreBlackbird Diaries: The Powers That Would Be Me
“Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name, and they are always glad you came.” I’m probably dating myself when mentioning the lyrics of this song from the popular 1980’s show Cheers, but I’ll take that risk if it means that I...
Read MoreLife is a Revolution: Made in America
Here I am again at Industrial Revolution Eatery and Grille. I do my best thinking over food, and a tasty burger and fries from Industrial Revolution gives me a chance to catch up on some of the great stories that I come across. Recently, I had a...
Read MoreLives in Motion at the PCCTC Film and Animation Showcase
Over 60 students from the Porter County Career and Technical Center showcased their talent via projects that they created from the CAD and Animation class –taught by Bill Guinee- and the Video Production class –taught by Bob Phelps at the Film...
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