This past year has been an important exercise in patience for me; a year of learning acceptance and letting time do its thing. A year…
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The first time I heard the phrase “Time is of the essence,” I just thought it meant that time is important. When I started performing…
I’ve been doing many kinds of waiting this past two months. The first has been a universal kind of waiting: waiting to see if someone…
The American Dream. Setting the foundation for generational wealth in the family. “Making it.” The symbol of true success. Yeah, I’m talking about homeownership. That’s…
While I’m not waiting for the zombie apocalypse, I wonder are they in the Residences condos above their stretch of Hollywood Boulevard? Does a zombie…
We were sitting around the fire. We were complaining. A lot. And then we decided that there was no other enemy that stood between ourselves…
If you live in Chicago Tax Increment Financing (TIF) likely impacts you in some way or another. TIFs cover about a third of Chicago’s land…
A Time Bank is a currency based on time. It is a group of community members who trade services with each other. If I give…
Initially my piece on death and taxes was going to be about the famous and infamous dinged by the tax collector. “Scarface” Al Capone went…
I think we all hate taxes in some shape or form. Some of you might be like Uncle Joe, Mr. Libertarian, and you don’t want…
The leak of 2m emails and other documents, mainly from the offshore haven of the British Virgin Islands (BVI), has the potential to cause a…
Since French President François Hollande was elected last May, taxes, or “les impôts”, have been the only thing on France’s mind. During his campaign, Hollande…
There’s a story we tell in the family having to do with my dad, Dikes, who has passed on now. But some years ago when…
Inner freedom is a social responsibilty – Vimala Thakar The way we treat ourselves has serious political implications. Do we take the time to exercise?…
I have been blessed with a creative life, something that is not intuitively associated with urban planners. But blessed I am with creative challenges, opportunities…
Like many of my peers, I easily stress out. I worry about waking up earlier than usual for appointments of any kind; I cannot stop…
That’s right, the world is full of brilliant madness. I personally spend a lot of time raging about how terrible things are. I try to…
How can we produce a society where we can take care of each other? Well, that’s certainly difficult here in the United States, the only…
There were several topics I considered for this “How To” post for Dr. Pop. I used to be something of a shade tree mechanic and…
I stole the title from Michel de Certeau, and this isn’t a how-to exactly, more of a how do we, how can we? These days…