by Pam Rempe | Mar 11, 2025 | Imagine the Possibilities, Neighborhood Well-being
Have you ever found yourself in some forest glade – maybe a patch of oaks along your evening walk, or a fleeting moment of solitude in the redwoods on a family camping trip – and there, under the dense canopy dotted with light above you, gotten the sense...
by Pam Rempe | Dec 30, 2024 | Getting to Know Your Neighbors, Neighborhood Well-being, Pursue the Common Good
In talking about how to be a hopeful neighbor in these modern days, it can be easy to get bogged down in the greater turmoil of the world: A global pandemic! Raging wildfires! Starving children! Terrorists! It’s enough to make any sane person want to curl up in a ball...
by Pam Rempe | Dec 3, 2024 | Neighborhood Well-being, Pursue the Common Good
Less than four decades ago, the term “third space” was introduced into American culture and the English lexicon. “Third space” rhetoric emerged to describe the social gathering spaces that exist outside of home and the workplace, such as libraries, malls, schools,...
by Pam Rempe | Sep 17, 2024 | Getting to Know Your Neighbors, Neighborhood Well-being
Some of the things we think will make us happy, or ought to make us happy… actually don’t, at least not in the long term. Things like lots of money, a promotion at work, more travel, more possessions, an ideal appearance, and other ways that people sometimes measure a...
by Pam Rempe | Aug 14, 2024 | Discover the Gifts, Neighborhood Well-being, Pursue the Common Good
Neighbor Wanted! Soft skills preferred: Dependable and empathetic problem solver. Team player. All other skills: optional. If this flyer was posted in your community, would you qualify? In our post-pandemic, hybrid, AI work-world, soft skills matter...
by Pam Rempe | Jul 30, 2024 | Getting to Know Your Neighbors, Neighborhood Well-being
Here is an easy way to improve your health: trust your neighbors. A 2011 study from the University of Missouri showed that increasing trust in neighbors is associated with better self-reported health. “I examined the idea of ‘relative position,’ or where one...
