developing sustainable communities journal |
Developing Sustainable CommunitiesJournal Entry #231 JanuaryUrban Farming in South Central Los AngelesThe story of the South Central Farm is bittersweet. Following the 1994 race riots in Los Angeles,...
Posted by Courtney on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:59:00 PST |
tinkletinkle goes the smashed glass |
another one by elizabeth bishop:the art of losingthe art of losing isn't hard to master;so many things seem filled with the intentto be lost that their loss is no disaster.lose something every day. A...
Posted by Courtney on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:27:00 PST |
vietnam, part one |
so, i'm not in the mood to recall all of the vietnam adventures i've been having (at this time), but i can say that the experience has been fantabulous thus far, the conference was transformative and ...
Posted by Courtney on Sun, 15 Jan 2006 04:35:00 PST |
this and that |
a few things, in no particular order:
i leave for vietnam in 2 weeks and 4 days. i present in 3 weeks and 1 day. so crazy. i realized while riding on the t with torie this afternoon that when i'm...
Posted by Courtney on Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:52:00 PST |
a favorite poem |
The Mooseby Elizabeth BishopFrom narrow provinces
of fish and bread and tea,
home of the long tides
where the bay leaves the sea
twice a day and takes
the herrings long rides,
where if the river
ente...
Posted by Courtney on Mon, 05 Dec 2005 11:37:00 PST |
building towered foresight isn't anything at all |
(this is a monument located in galvaston, tx, built in memorial of the some 6,000 people killed along the gulf coast in a hurricane in the early 1900's)last friday night, while rita was re-dest...
Posted by Courtney on Thu, 29 Sep 2005 07:15:00 PST |
the air is so warm that it kisses me |
this weekend j and i went down to connecticut for our aunt's wedding. it felt wonderful to be around everyone and to be dressed in wedding instead of funeral clothes. i got called "sir" twice in the c...
Posted by Courtney on Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:38:00 PST |
from hotels and truck stops |
got home a little while ago from p-dence adventure numero uno. tired but elated; still feeling a bit blurry around the edges. my t-shirts smell like fire and old spice. if i take pause long enough, i ...
Posted by Courtney on Mon, 19 Sep 2005 05:57:00 PST |
unsteady shots from a 5am power-walk |
DAMN THOSE SHAKY HANDS!
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Posted by Courtney on Wed, 14 Sep 2005 04:25:00 PST |
and you know it makes me wonder, while the rest run for their lives |
when, why and how did my luck turn around? who woulda thunk that in the course of seven days this amazing little face:
might come and go and leave in her wake a me who suddenly remembers that new a...
Posted by Courtney on Sun, 11 Sep 2005 02:24:00 PST |
