It would be impossible to summarize the events of the past few weeks by solely relying on words. I could say these past few weeks have been crazy, demanding, draining, or taxing – but those words just wouldn’t do justice to the weeks we have had. I am tempted to...
On January 1, 2014 Wes Olesen courageously decrees that he will fight the urge to like pictures of cute and fuzzy bunnies on Facebook. What happens next will blow your mind.
Almost 30 years ago, a group of recording artists led by Bob Geldof formed an ensemble called Band Aid to raise money for famine relief in Africa. If you are a child of the 1980s like me you’ll remember the single “Do they know it’s Christmas?”...
What do an old pair of Nike sneakers, Paul Simon, The Advocate and the State Theatre have in common? My father, Don Carlon. When I was growing up, my father taught me lessons of sacrifice, generosity and frugality through the example he set for me and my brothers and...
