Getting Old Ain’t for Sissies

Life lessons from a life-long educator facing Parkinson’s Disease and his own mortality.  Insights from the perch of retirement. Wisdom compelled by changes in mobility, memory, hearing, vision and more.  How to move from being a “helper” to receiving help and how to acknowledge that the question of “quantity of life” versus “quality of life” … Continue reading Getting Old Ain’t for Sissies

Lessons from Minneapolis

From the empowering joy of coming together with over 1,200 faith leaders, to the details of organizing mutual aid and neighborhoods support groups; from the exuberance of marching peacefully with over 50,000 people in arctic temperatures chanting and singing, to the stunned devastation following the shooting of Alex Pretti by ICE agents – Michael will … Continue reading Lessons from Minneapolis