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Monthly Archives: October 2013
Teaching the Senior Class
Last night I taught a small group of seniors. They were an attentive lot and they were my first students this fall. The topic was “Beginner Computer Basics.” You may have guessed by now that these seniors were not seventeen … Continue reading
Posted in Civic, Education
Tagged Blount Library, computer basics, Franklinville, Gmail, Google Drive
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A great start for the day
Today I began my day at St. Philomena’s Roman Catholic Church. As a young boy I attended daily Mass, often serving as an altar boy. Yesterday I met Fr. Robert Marino, Pastor of St. Philomena’s and he told me that … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Franciscan, Spiritual
Tagged Catholic, Franciscan, Frankllinville, Our Lady of Guadalupe, San Damiano Cross, St. Anthony, St. Philomena
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The Warming House Needs Bread
The Warming House in Olean, New York is the nation’s oldest student run soup kitchen. It provides meals six days a week to the neediest in the Olean area who find their way to our tables. It serves more than … Continue reading
How far did I walk?
One of the joys of retirement is the opportunity to spend more time outdoors walking. In the past couple of weeks I’ve been walking about two or three miles each day. Uphill, downhill, side streets, main streets. An hour or … Continue reading
Open Source – A model for Social Enterprise
I first became acquainted with open source software in the mid-1990s. My brother James asked me if I had heard of Linux. I had not heard of it up until that time. A few weeks later I bought Red Hat … Continue reading
Posted in Cooperative Business, Social Entrepreneurship, technology
Tagged Botho, common good, Open Source, social enterprise
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Fully Human
Earlier today I was reading Joan Chittister’s book, “Becoming Fully Human.” It’s a great read and filled with bite sized quotes from Sr. Joan and others. One of those morsels resonated with me. The purpose of life is to let … Continue reading
Posted in Cooperative Business, Social Entrepreneurship
Tagged Grameen, Kiva, social enterprise, Social Justice
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We have been called
Earlier today I came across a quote from St. Francis of Assisi. I really liked it and it’s something that’s related to one of my earlier posts, “An Orientation to Social Welfare.” “We have been called to heal wounds, to … Continue reading
Posted in Franciscan, Social Entrepreneurship
Tagged economy, Social Justice, St. Francis of Assisi
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First Snow
This morning those of us who live in New York State’s southern tier received a treat. We awoke to varying amounts of snowfall depending on your location. Some pictures and accounts indicated a couple of inches. In our neighborhood it … Continue reading
OS X Mavericks Upgrade
Yesterday I downloaded OS X Mavericks from the MacApp Store. I was a little hesitant to install it as you never know if some critical application will require an update. For me that was VMware Fusion 5. I’m happy to … Continue reading
An Orientation to Social Welfare
Life reduced to its simplest equation is about relationships. Implicit in these relationships is contract. Most of the time the contracts are implied and at other times in they are complex legal agreements governing business transactions. Implicit in these transactions … Continue reading
Country Contemplative 