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A few nights before last month’s Brantford International Jazz Festival took main stage in Harmony Square, I had the chance to see one of my Rock n’ Roll heroes in… Continue reading "Jazz Festival (Dave Carrol, @DaveCarrol)"
Do you know what most people around the world had for lunch? Rice. Plain ole rice. Maybe spiced to local taste. Maybe not. Most people right now are wandering around… Continue reading "Most of what we do is not very interesting (Dave Carrol, @DaveCarrol)"
Sometimes people ask me why I stayed in Brantford. Well… I stayed here because I wanted to see what COULD happen in a city if it holistically committed itself to… Continue reading "By Good Into Good (Dave Carrol, @DaveCarrol)"
Generation X is a generation that can sneakily trump Boomer narcissism and Millennial entitlement.” Jeff Gordinier I’ve always joked that there isn’t anything Generation X hates more… than everything.… Continue reading "How Gen X Might Save the World (Dave Carrol, @DaveCarrol)"
Politically, I’m a Conservative. That word evokes all sorts of different emotions in people. In some ways, it philosophically resonates quite deeply in me, and in others ways, those who… Continue reading "A Grander Vision of Conservatism (Dave Carrol, @DaveCarrol)"
The sun was shining Easter morning of 1987. As a 10 year old, I faked my way through being surprised by where that darn Easter Bunny had hidden the same… Continue reading "My baseball glove (Dave Carrol, @DaveCarrol)"
I babble incessantly, both publicly and privately, about how kindness can change Brantford BY good INTO good. Sometimes when people hear the message that falls of my mouth, like I’m… Continue reading "The Kindness Equation – by Dave Carrol"
I didn’t used to like our culture very much. I became more jaded about the futility of societal ills than a young person should ever be. Thankfully, Paul Simon helped… Continue reading "How Paul Simon Changed My Life (Dave Carrol, @DaveCarrol)"
People who don’t fight in marriage concern me. My wife Krissy and I are scrappers. While dating, one of our first TALK talks, we decided to just tell each other… Continue reading "Ridiculous Love (Dave Carrol, @DaveCarrol)"
When I was in my early 20’s and could finally afford some of the things I really wanted, I could only think of one thing. A brown leather jacket. One… Continue reading "If You Build It – by Dave Carrol"