On May 13th, 2011, OPEN ENGAGEMENT…
…starts on Friday!
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On May 10th, 2011, AN INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY WORKSHOP…
…in advance of the ‘Open Engagement‘ conference this weekend – with the Portland State University students of the Social Practice program – culminated with all day meetings and…
On May 9th, 2011, THE BILL CUNNINGHAM DOCUMENTARY…
…is in now in theatrical release, coinciding with my my short U.S. visit, which was welcome news since it is the film that I have been waiting for…
On May 8th, 2011, PORTLAND STREET FOOD…
…offers Argentinean, BBQ, Beer, Bosnian, Breakfast, British Isles, Cajun, Central Asian, Cheese Steaks, Chinese, Coffee, Comfort Food, Creperie, Cuban, Czech, Eastern European, Ethiopian, European, Fish and Chips, French,…
On May 7th, 2011, LANDING IN PORTLAND…
…on an appropriately rainy Pacific Northwest evening – where I will be engaged in a series of events, activities, talks, discussions and workshops related to the PSU ‘Open…
On May 6th, 2011, THE CONSERVATORY AT THE MINNEAPOLIS SCULPTURE GARDEN…
…is one of my happiest coziest familiar feel-at-home-kind-of places in the city, which provides a warm green escape in the depths of Minnesota winter and an early glimpse…
On May 5th, 2011, BUNNIES!…
…are chasing each other around Minneapolis front yards reminding me of similar scenes from my childhood here – as I watch them publicly frolicking this afternoon, daring the earnest…
On May 4th, 2011, A CLICHÉ VIEW OF LOS ANGELES FROM ABOVE…
…through the layers of spring LA basin haze – viewed from my window airplane seat on my way out, after just two days of dipping back into my…
On May 3rd, 2011, BACK AT SUNDOWN…
…my home in LA for the first time in ten months, is bringing on welcome homey feelings – but the big shock is all of the growth I…
On May 2nd, 2011, A CLICHÉ VIEW OF SAN FRANCISCO FROM ABOVE…
…is the best part of having to stop at SFO on my way from MFR to BUR this afternoon.
On May 1st, 2011, MAY DAY CAMPING OUT IN THE FAERIE WOODS…
…of southern Oregon – a relaxed, rough, rustic, hippie, wild, primitive, queer, and anything-goes kind of circumstance which is feeling like the most welcome and opposite sort of…
On April 30th, 2011, OFFSHORE DUTCH WIND TURBINES…
…seen from above this morning are a surprising grid of spinning fans swimming in the sea under the flight path out of Schiphol on my way back to…
On April 29th, 2011, SPRING PLANTINGS IN THE ROMAN ROOFTOP GARDEN…
…including little tomato starts, bean seeds, eggplants, basil, squash, corn, and other future pleasures of the summer finally went in the rooftop dirt this week after much delay…
On April 28th, 2011, HANGING GREEN STUFF…
…and plants growing out of and in to unexpected places is always a welcome surprise when turning any corner in Rome – as I did this afternoon in…
On April 27th, 2011, ‘MAKING IT: RADICAL HOME EC FOR A POST-CONSUMER WORLD’…
…is the smartly-titled latest book by urban homesteaders Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen (previously mentioned here) – and designed by graphic designer friend Roman Jaster – which I…
On April 26th, 2011, MÁS TRANSIT…
…was a surprise highlight for me (since it was a hometown project from 2009) tonight at the American Academy in Rome shoptalk by architect fellow – and fellow…
On April 25th, 2011, AN INSECT SKIN…
…was left on a garden post this morning – yes, that time of year to slough off the old scaly dead weight and just leave it behind.
On April 24th, 2011, GARDENS OF NINFA…
…is what now occupies the small Roman village which was sacked and abandoned to malaria in the Middle Ages just off Via Appia Antica south of Rome –…
April 23rd, 2011, FAVAS…
…from the Roman rooftop – shelled twice and served fresh with pecorino are the classic May 1st Roman picnic dish – which we are enjoying a week early…
On April 22nd, 2011, ROMAN CATS…
…at Largo Argentina cat sanctuary (previously mentioned here) caught my attention while passing by this morning, with the feline residents seeming especially self-aware while posing for the increasing…