Tag: COMMUNITY

  • Just Join Something

    Just Join Something

    ​When I moved to Cleveland as a newlywed, I was immediately charmed by the story of Lucille Perk, who became a local legend when she declined an invitation to the Nixon White House because it conflicted with her bowling night. ​For more than 20 years she knocked down pins with her pals on the Vic’s…

  • Looking for Community in All the Right Places

    Looking for Community in All the Right Places

    ​So far I’ve never been called a “shapeshifting reptilian alien ushering humanity towards enslavement,” but if it ever happens, I hope my response would be as good-natured as that of then-Prime Minister John Key of New Zealand. If you don’t follow the loonier fringe conspiracy theories (and why should you?) you may not be aware…