Rural Perspectives
Breaking Down the Walls of Convention
How did you think of that? What made you come up with that concept? Oh, if I had only counted the number of times I've been asked these...
Turning the Table on Aging
Earlier this year, I was shocked to discover that a friend from several seasons ago in my life suddenly died at just under 45, unexpectedly leaving...
Labor (of Love)
"A noble purpose inspires sacrifice, stimulates innovation and encourages perseverance." Gary Hamel Over the Labor Day holiday weekend, my mind kept...
Welcome! ¡Bienvenido! Bienvenue! Willkommen!
We are thrilled to welcome you to our new blog: Rural Perspectives. It is not unusual for my friends who are movers and shakers in the world to go...
Changing the Rural Landscape
Where there is no vision, the people perish. An ancient proverb The statistics are staggering and honestly hard to fully digest: High illiteracy...
Field of Dreams
“If you build it, he will come..” Kevin Costner’s famous movie, Field of Dreams (1989) Maybe it’s the expansive fields of lush, green corn fields or...