I need to buy some grass.

I’m looking for grass, but I don’t want to buy it from just any source. No, I need a specific kind of dealer … a transaction that makes me feel safe and confident. See, I’m looking to build up the organic material I can add in coming years to my garden, and I want to [...]

Time banking in Columbia - New website

I just launched a time banking in Columbia website. I wanted to explain to friends and neighbors how I use the system, and how they might want to use it, too. Check it out, pass it along to your friends and neighbors … and take a peek at the blog component, too.
http://www.time-banking-in-columbia-md.com/

Yo, CA, this one’s for you

I’ve spoken several times, with a friend of mine, about the value of being involved in Columbia’s time banking system. Today, said friend agreed to check time banking out. This is the email I just got from this person, posted here with permission. The short version (and my translation): Yo, CA.
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True to my word, [...]

A new kind of currency

I have two meetings this morning. Each with people whom I know and like. And both meetings are “helping meetings.” In other words, the people requesting the meetings with me want my thinking and perspective. OK, great, no problem. Happy to help. But for me, as a creative generalist, who can help pretty much anybody [...]

Time-banking 101

Time-banking is not, as you might have momentarily hoped, some sci-fi method of re-allocating the hours of your life. Nope, it’s a rather straightforward system for giving and receiving hours of service within our community.
Time-banking is a bit different than bartering because the transaction doesn’t happen between two people directly; it happens through a neutral [...]