I chose this picture because it was literally and figuratively a 3 dog night in our house the other night. Last week our power went out the night before Thanksgiving and was out for two nights in 30 degree weather during a heavy wet snow storm (or as I called it, Thanksnowmagivingedon). There are worse fates in life, like never having that power or any of the possessions associated with it to start with, I know. But I had two immediate thoughts heading into day two (you know

First new Blog post in a while! Last week was a very exciting week! I attended Greenbuild for the first time ever (and it was awesome, more on that in a few) AND my twin brother John got married!! It was a beautiful, fun, family, and sensory filled event. I am so happy and proud for him. We all got to see family that we hardly ever get to see, reflected a little on those that couldn’t be with us, and celebrated a great couple of people. I am not a wedding fan by any means but

I took a few moments during lunch today to write about a topic that I think has gotten out of hand. I don’t like getting involved in political commentary in the least and just the fact that this is such a high profile and polarizing political discussion quite frankly sickens me, along with the fact I even have to call this a political topic. Nashua currently has a “gift” that is being presented to them by the Leadership of Greater Nashua organization (LGN). The 2012 class dec

California is currently experiencing the worst drought on record, and that is going to impact your food costs and supply, no matter where you live. California is the number one supplier of agricultural product to the United States and produces nearly half of the US grown fruits, nuts and vegetables. If you had tomatoes today, they probably came from California. The average meal in the United States travels 1,600 miles from farm to fork. When you live in New England and your t

Last week’s Ice storm that crippled Atlanta and cities throughout the southern United States was embarrassing, to say the least. I live in New England and yes, the accuracy of snow storms are hard to predict, but to be honest, I’d rather the weather guy overshoot and everyone over prepares than to completely miss the mark. A few weeks ago I drove to work in flurries, which was no big deal. We were getting a dusting that day anyway. An hour later, it was clear we were getting

I was having a little trouble coming up with a topic for this week but two articles published locally today addressing commuter rail solved the problem for me. The first is a Patch article publishing a draft for a proposed southbound exit on Route 3 driving from Nashua into Massachusetts. The second was an article that revealed over half of the parking at the nearest commuter rail stop in Lowell, Ma is going to be closed for the next year. With roughly 20% of the license plat

This is my first major blog entry. I was hoping to have worked a little more on this last week but had two job interviews in the Boston area and spoke at a panel at Boston Architectural College during their winter Intensive session. This week’s topic takes a look at Resiliency and Sports and how success in sports can correspond to community resiliency. In my thesis paper, I discussed the topic a little bit as an intangible to consider for overall community resiliency followin