Books

When I was a kid, the governor of Oregon was a guy named Tom McCall who famously said:

"We want you to visit our State of Excitement often. Come again and again. But for heaven's sake, don't move here to live. Or if you do have to move in to live, don't tell any of your neighbors where you are going."

Years ago I was gifted a biography of him called "Fire at Eden's Gate: The Tom McCall Story" and introduced another quote of his that I try to take to heart every day.

"Heroes are not giant statues framed against a red sky, they are people who say 'This is my community and it's my responsibility to make it better.'"