Kiva: Microlending for Americans as well
Michael Gallagher Great news and an indication that we acknowledge that poverty is poverty the world around. According to the Kiva website: “Today Kiva got a little closer to its mission of…
June 2009
Camfed: Educating Women in Rural Africa
Great, great cause and one that seems fully committed to pushing out the word and leveraging online support. According to their website, “Camfed is dedicated to fighting poverty and HIV/AIDS…
Vue: Tools for teachers
I stumbled across a project called Vue recently through a friend’s Twitter feed and am intrigued by it. According to its website: “The Visual Understanding Environment (VUE) is an Open…
Doc Watson, Gallagher Guitars and flatpicking
I sort of stumbled across this as I love Doc Watson’s music. Doc Watson is indeed an interesting character. In keeping with my tradition of doing absolutely no original research…
I miss Townes Van Zandt
I really do. I think he would appreciate my quoting of Wikipedia to get his biography straight, but here it is: “While alive, Van Zandt was labeled as a cult…
River Horse Brewery: Lambertville, New Jersey
I will be spending some time this weekend at the River Horse Brewery in Lambertville, New Jersey with friends. We will be sampling all that this decent brewery has to…
The Patient Poor
Waiting to be born, endlessly patient, circling high above in a holding pattern of life, desire. A mendicant my heart, alms your touch, the kingdom of heaven an earthly abode.…