Why Building Community is a Pillar of this Blog
One of the pillars of my blog is building community. If this is going to be a pillar of this blog, I want to explain why I feel so strongly about it. I am approaching...
The Building Blocks of Community – Rituals
(Above picture is an art display at Discover Green in Downtown Houston.)Loading…A Roundtable Discussion on CommunityI recently attended a round table discussion on community building at Christ Church Cathedral here in downtown Houston. Members of...
A Downtown Houston Place to Visit, a Hidden Gem, Allen’s Landing
(Pictured above, January 2025, an unlikely view of Allen’s Landing.)Allen’s Landing saved my sanity during the pandemic.During the dark days of the pandemic, when the other places I normally went to were closed, while our...
Living in Downtown Houston – Four Reasons Why
Loading…How It All StartedThe inspiration for this website was my move from the “suburbs” of Houston to living in downtown Houston. I say suburbs in quotes because it was the Houston Heights, technically Shady Acres,...
Community and the Harvard Study on Aging
The Harvard Gazette, April 2019, included an article titled “Harvard study almost 80 years old, has provided that embracing community helps us live longer and be happier”.If you are not familiar with the Harvard Study...
The “Native” in Htownnative
(Buffalo Bayou along Allen Parkway)A friend recently asked me what does “native” in Htownnative.com mean? To paraphrase Webster, native is “…belonging to a particular place by birth”. So, the strict and literal definition would require...