http://yourwildestdream.org/blog Making a difference in the world Sun, 18 Apr 2010 02:03:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In March 2009, while the First Lady, Michelle Obama was planting the White House Kitchen Garden, I was in Guatemala, building 40 vegetable gardens with women.   [caption id="attachment_318" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Mongolian women with seeds"][/caption] This weekend seeds were distributed in Mongolia.   We are now expanding the gardens on a global basis.   I am ... http://yourwildestdream.org/blog/2010/04/15/gardens-growing-global/    Join us for a  journey to Guatemala - June 19 - July 3!     The Gardens of El Remate Visit the beautiful village of El Remate where we will work with local women to build and maintain vegetable gardens for the care and feeding of their families. Empowering ourselves while empowering others. Journey to ... http://yourwildestdream.org/blog/2010/04/04/gardens-gifts-and-greatness/ Today is the 1 year anniversary of building the first garden in El Remate.... That was an amazing day.  First, it was my birthday.   Then, while working in the garden with one of the fist 15 women, with my hands in the dirt, I realized I was doing something to end hunger - ... http://yourwildestdream.org/blog/2010/03/26/1-year-ago/ I just surpassed 100 countries, to which I have travelled, or at least touched down…. Those are only a few – Iceland, Nigeria, Bulgaria… the rest I have travelled, and worked, and had the pleasure of getting to know the local customs and people.  That is the most amazing lesson ... http://yourwildestdream.org/blog/2010/03/21/101-countries-and-counting%e2%80%a6/ The gardens continue to grow, as we all do in our own way. I am organizing a trip to El Remate in June 2010. The purpose is to work with the women in the gardens, and to share our lives with them. This is not the ... http://yourwildestdream.org/blog/2010/03/21/2010-gardens-update/ I had a wonderful, FUN, day in Amsterdam today! My last trip of the year and I'll be moving into my new apartment in San Clemente, California - yes California. I plan to spend more time on the ground there in 2010! But today I had a day to ... http://yourwildestdream.org/blog/2009/12/04/amsterdam/ My life seems to be a series of touch and goes. My stepfather, who was an Airforce Pilot says that's a landing that doesn't complete and a takeoff that never started.... China - California - Pennsylvania - Florida - Pennsylvania - California - Pennsylvania - Amsterdam - California..... ... http://yourwildestdream.org/blog/2009/11/07/touch-and-goes/ Well, we have a few days off and decided to explore more of China. What a difference! Shanghai is an amazing bustling city. When I was here 13 years ago, it was nothing like this today. It's actually quite clean and organized. And ... http://yourwildestdream.org/blog/2009/10/06/in-shanghai/ That’s the swine flu…. I had a little scare a few days ago. I started coughing, then had a fever and headache. There is a flyer in the hall of our dormitory that describes the symptoms of the H1N1 vs. the common cold. It seemed ... http://yourwildestdream.org/blog/2009/10/06/h1n1/ Ni hao! Hello from China! Did you think I had fallen off the great wall? Just about. We have been going non-stop since arriving. I can’t believe it’s been 10 days already. It seems like a month actually. Accomplishments so far are that we have interviewed 130+ ... http://yourwildestdream.org/blog/2009/10/06/hello-from-china/