Serving Up Cookies and Inclusion: The Purple Tree Cafe
“The statistics tell the story: people with disabilities are more than twice as likely to be unemployed as their non-disabled peers,” says Pam Cohen, a disability rights lawyer who believes that “community means everyone.” Pam and a volunte …
Holiday Recipes: Nora's Dad's Perfectly Imperfect Grilled Steak
I was pretty young when my Mom first told me that truth, that we weren’t like most families. We would not be having a turkey for Thanksgiving. “Your father hates turkey. It’s too dry. We’re having steak.”
A Salad Worthy of My Grown-Up Thanksgiving Table
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It's the only day of the year that all of us--regardless of our religious beliefs or cultural backgrounds--join family and friends at the dinner table to enjoy an elaborate homemade meal and express grat …
Don’t Call It a Vacation: The Value of a Career Break Spent on the Trail
If you enjoy spending time in the great outdoors, you know that nothing beats the simple pleasures you can find in forests, deserts, and craggy mountain landscapes. Skipping through alpine meadows, watching shy spotted fawns scamper through …
A Dialogue About Career Breaks
What is it like to take an extended break from work? We're finding out here at Dialogue. Jen Datka, better known to you as our in-house professional chef and researcher/writer extraordinaire is on a 30-day career break hiking the 212-mile J …
The Biggest Little Farm and The Power of Story
Last week’s UN report on climate change-induced threats to our food system was grim: “A half-billion people already live in places turning into desert, and soil is being lost between 10 and 100 times faster than it is forming,” according to …
Unplug : Blackberry Chocolate Ice Cream
Nothing soothes a hot summer day quite like ice cream and we think you'll be screaming for our blackberry chocolate ice cream! The third Sunday in July is National Ice Cream Day and you can find lots of deals at your favorite ice cream shop …
Death, Grief and the Workplace
My friend had only been back to work a few days after her mother died when she made a mistake -- one that was big enough to really honk off one of her colleagues, who did not hold back on her feedback to my friend.
Unplug : Indian-Inspired Spinach Saute
June 17 is National Eat Your Vegetables Day, so to celebrate, here is a recipe for a spinach dish so luscious and flavorful, you'd never believe you were eating something that was actually good for you.
