In the agonizing aftermath of Katrina, the people of Harrison County needed assistance, but lacked manpower and resources. From day one, Livingston CARES volunteers made their own way, says Connie Rocko, Harrison County district administrator. That…
It's actually 33 here in Biloxi. It's the same temperature as my hometown, Rochester, in New York. Hey south, you are a weather trickster!…
Checked into the Back Bay Mission, which has assisted people in one way or another for like 100 years, to start reporting, photographing and hammering and painting and hopefully tearing walls and roofs down .... and signed up Wednesday for a shift at…
Ten years ago, Daisy Guyton lost everything she had in flood waters from Hurricane Katrina. Like her neighbors, she waited it out on the roof, as water washed away everything including photographs. I am in Biloxi, Miss., again, to share her story a…
I'm submitting an application to do a local college TEDx talk about the theme, "from here on out," that reflects on the past, assesses the present, and looks to the future. I want to talk about living fearlessly — which is to say, havi…
Years ago, my good friend Bryan asked me if I was going to ever settle down. Stop moving. I said: "Listen, I have to go on a trip across the world." Bryan: "What are you, Magellan?" Me, after I stopped laughing: "Yeah."…
Hey, remember when we raised $5,200 for materials and built a school with farmers of Las Minitas? I wrote about what it's like to do so and to find a second home along the way. Read it here [http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/rochester-…
I like surprises, especially when it's in the inside of a person, and not knowing what the hell is going to happen. I had no clue i would end up in Lithuania, Senegal or Zambia or that I would only be beginning to touch the surface of how the ex…
My mind goes on little trips while I'm commuting. This morning: A parking lot outside the art space in Germany where we'd have punk/alternative nights. I was 18. Yvonne smoking as I kept her company on the side of the building, sitting on a…
