Think global, act local

Here are some links to Baton Rouge TV coverage about Katrina:



Channel 4 WWLTV.com is broadcasting from the studios of Louisiana Public Broadcasting.

2theadvocate.com is a collaboration between Channel 2 and Baton Rouge newspaper, The Advocate. There is an amazing day by day archive of video documenting this event.

Getting local information from local folks makes more sense to me. Seeing it through the eyes of someone from somewhere else, filtered through a big city producer, it looks like a whole different story. I'd like to hear your take on this.

Please join the call tomorrow, Sunday Sept. 4 at 3 pm eastern. Details in the Katrina Conference post on this blog.

Be well.

Katrina Conference Call

My heart goes out to the thousands of people who are spending another night lost in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas.

More than once today, I have found myself overcome by the images and voices of these people. The ripples have already started to move outward. The impact of this event is evident today at gas stations and grocery stores all through the U.S.

It's time to rally the troops, and I don't mean the ones in uniforms. Times are going to get tough real soon and the more prepared we can be, the better.

I'm scheduling a conference call for Sunday afternoon, September 4 at 3:00 eastern. My intention with this call is to give you, and any one you'd like to invite, an opportunity to focus on this catastrophe and how it has impacted you and what we can do to help each other.


Like 9/11, and the tsunami last December, this event has long threads that connect us in unexpected ways. I hope that with this first call, we'll get a glimpse into how far reaching, deep and complex these connections are. Maybe we'll come up with a way to find the silver lining. That would be good, wouldn't you agree?

What are your thoughts about this?

Please post your comments. Go ahead, venting is good.

Please read and consider the comments of others and come to the call ready to contribute, to listen, learn and grow.

More info about how the whole call thing works. Click here

Sunday, September 4. 2005

3 pm eastern.

Call number: 712 580 7700

Access code: 27001 # (press the # key after the access code)

Hope to talk with you on Sunday,

D

The saga continues

Whew. It's been eight months since the house fire. We're still in our temporary home. The burned house hasn't been worked on in almost six weeks, unless you count some guy with a weed eater cutting the grass in mid August.

Other than that, my wardrobe is coming along nicely. Problem is I keep changing shape. Hmmm. Accessorize!!

This projects I'm working on and the folks I'm hanging (and lurking) out with are turning out to be a "defining moment" Dr. Phil has spoken so eloquently about.

Difference is, I know it. And I like it. Can't wait to see who I'll turn out to be this time.

I'm smilin', my eyes are sparkling. Woo Hoo!!

Tomorrow we're ordering the kitchen!

Queasy still

The kitchen needs to be ordered. Everytime I look at the plans my stomach knots up and I feel like I want to cry. Think I don't like it? Yeah.

The first day of the rest of my life

Free at last. Good God Almighty, I'm free at last.

I have my own rule of three. I can do anything for three years. I lived in Texas, Germany, worked for the Army, was married to two of the most unlikely husbands, and served on several boards of non profits.

Tonight, I completed a three year stint. At times it was a huge challenge to my integrity, my commitment and everything I knew. I grew. I learned. Now it's done. Next.