Here goes...

Hope and Hard Times is launched. Complementary copies are circulating. Two book signings in Athens and at Ohio University have happened. Folks in the hinterland are checking in with updates on the stories that are the essence of the book. A book tour is in the offing. It's time for a blog dedicated to communities, collaboration, and sustainability despite the hard times we're living in and are likely to face in the post-carbon world soon to come. I invite, first of all, postings from my friends in the communities featured in the book. This will be a way of keeping current, correcting mistakes and misinterpretations, and adding richness in detail and new interpretation. Let's hear about your heroes, your visionaries, your neighbors and collaborators, and your most innovative and promising projects. Communities not in the book with stories to share can plug in here too. Finally, I'll use this to help folks interested in sustainability at the level of community to stay in touch and to follow my own musings and treks. Come join us!