Web writing samples

EthicalCoffee.net

coffee cupEver wonder what Fair Trade really means, or what's the difference between the Rainforest Alliance coffee on the supermarket shelf and the regular stuff? I created EthicalCoffee.net to answer those questions and explain the variety of certifications that coffee consumers can choose from (or be bewildered by).

What Bird Lovers Need to Know about Coffee
Yahoo! Voices
Related to the website I created about certified coffees (see the sidebar at right), I've also written in other venues about the connections between coffee and wildlife habitat, specifically migratory birds.

Wheels' Spin: You can't keep a good rider down
Accelerate online magazine
A profile of Steve "Wheels" Bucaro, whose lap times are proof that he hasn't let misfortune slow him down.

The many costs of colonialism
PuertoRico-Herald.org website
During my years in Puerto Rico, I wrote weekly columns on Puerto Rico affairs for the print version of The Orlando Sentinel and the online magazine The Puerto Rico Herald, including this commentary on the effects of 500 years of colonialism.