Long before Airbnb appeared on the scene, I had short-term housemates in my Silver Spring, Maryland house just outside Washington D.C. The idea was that a person could rent a cute little room with a …
How Emotional Bank Accounts Grow
Harriet heard the front door open and the jangle of keys. From the sounds, she recognized that it was her housemate, Mary. Mary came into the kitchen where Harriet was putting together a salad. A pot …
Hopscotch and the Art of Making Friends
Hopscotch. We played the game every day after school. We played it on the sidewalks and in the playgrounds outside the eighteen-floor brick building that was our home in Brooklyn, New York. We played …
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Can’t We Have Kindness from Our Government?
Two buses of Vermonters went to the Women’s March in Washington. I helped organize them. In November, when we started, we had no idea that the march would develop sister marches and that, by the time …
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Airbnb — A Pale Version of Sharing
Yes, Airbnb is changing the paradigm! Touted as a paragon of the sharing economy, Airbnb makes it easy for renters and homeowners to rent rooms for short-term stays. Less expensive than hotels and …
Twin Oaks Communities Conference that Could Change Your Life
The Twin Oaks Community, forty minutes from the city Charlottesville, Virginia hosts an annual conference on intentional communities. Its a conference that discusses a few different styles of shared …
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