In terms of the American Dream, it does not get better than F. Scott Fitzgerald. He unique vision of a time when climbing to the top meant knocking someone else down, he, more so than other of his time, understood that not everything was as it seemed. While all of his stories embody this image, … Continue reading The Great Gatsby (The Book) VERSUS The Great Gatsby (The 2013 Movie)
Gabbing about financing for green home projects with Trisha McConkey of Associated Bank on the Green Gab. Trisha and Associated Bank’s experience and expertise with mortgages and loans help homeowners to finance their dream home, especially a green home. All types of home projects may qualify for green consideration – new construction, renovations to a … Continue reading Financing Your Green Dream Home
Because water is a limited resource which we cannot live without, it’s vital we keep learning and remembering to use water wisely. As water is integrated into almost every part of our lives and is used in almost everything we manufacture, water affects us on every level. And because water is so affordable and readily … Continue reading Water – Just Use What We Need
Kids. We don’t all have ’em, but those that do know all about the potential pitfalls in raising ’em. The details, speedbumps, mountains and black holes are many, and no one’s got “a book” to read to accomplish it for everyone, but there ARE answers, potential solutions and requests for discussion about it all inside … Continue reading Bringing Children into Adulthood
Ron and Cindy with Hoodle, share this online web portal to help homebuyers find their neighborhood for building a new home. With Hoodle, homebuyers can learn about neighborhoods with new home construction, as well as the builders building the homes. Hoodle helps new homebuyers learn about the homes in the neighborhoods, the amenities and the … Continue reading Find Your Neighborhood – Ron Williams and Cindy Rhinehart of Hoodle
Baseball is a game that continues to give us drama, memories and statistics but what it’s also given us – are a series of staples on the silver screen. While we’ve covered 1989’s Field of Dreams in Perspective Review, the fact is that there are a LOT of outstanding, resoundingly-memorable baseball films. Which one is … Continue reading 10 Best Baseball Movies in Feature Film History
Erika Boeing, systems engineer, entrepreneur, CEO, and co-founder of Accelerate Wind shares her mission of having “as many wind turbines on as many commercial rooftops as possible that are economically viable through the development of several inventions currently in progress.” Current wind turbines tend to be noisy, unsightly and expensive. Rooftop wind also struggles to repay the initial start-up … Continue reading Harnessing the Wind with Erika Boeing of Accelerate Wind
What does green living really entail and how can it help save ourselves? Join the gab about green living and consumer education for homeowners and residents to learn how to live greener. Green living can start with our buying choices and our behaviors, and education helps us know where to start. Through a little know-how, … Continue reading Green Living – Saving Ourselves
This year’s 5th Annual Metro East Home and Garden Show, led by Lisa Masters, was the biggest and best yet! Hosted by the Knight Stewards organization, a parent group of Metro-East Lutheran High School in Edwardsville, Illinois, the free two-day fundraising event hosted over seventy vendors displaying everything needed to update, renovate or improve the inside … Continue reading Lisa Masters with Metro East Home and Garden Show
As recycling is the 3rd R in “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle,” the next step is what else can we recycle. How can we turn “trash to treasure” or in keeping with the “R theme… Refuse to Resource?” Recycling is nothing new, Nature has been doing it all along. In William McDonough’s book Cradle to Cradle, … Continue reading The Third “R” – Recycling