Once again I have had circumstances that have taken me away from being present here on Blogger as well as from moving forward with my “Imperfect Strangers” book project. I feel akin to Mooch, the cat featured in the Mutts comic strip atop this entry and I must confess, the longer I’m away from my…
An extensive exhibition titled Ai Weiwei. Don Quixote will open at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Castilla y León (MUSAC) in León, Spain, on November 9. This ambitious project showcases a variety of works, including large-scale installations, pieces created with toy bricks, and films. Spanning around 1,700 square meters—more than half of the museum’s…
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Centre St. Jax. Monday June 14 2024 The Montreal “Straw Scene” symposium in honour of Will Straw’s pending retirement from McGill University, was an extended discussion of “scene.” This is a collecting and organizing concept, but a less abstract term than “assemblage” as Georgina Born notes. This caught my attention in relation to my interest…
Urban Ag Ambassador Spotlight: PatrickSomerville Urban Ag Ambassadors receive free ag training in exchange for 30 hours of community service This past summer I worked at the community garden at the Chuckie Harris Park in East Somerville. The garden was in difficult shape. We also struggled with attracting input and interest from…
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Seed saving is the art of collecting the seed from your crop and using it in subsequent seasons to grow new plants. Even if you save only small quantities of a few crops, understanding more about the life cycle, breeding tendencies, and botany of your crops will help you manage and care for them more…
So here I am again leaving Helsinki five years after my last visit and my last comments posted here in2013. So before I put down my thoughts about the latest developments, most notably the Airport Ring Line and the first stage of the Länsimetro to Espoo, I want to add some updates to the earlier…
Victoria Harbour with Hong Kong Island in the background, c.1862. Unknown artist. International Conference: Port Cities in Comparative Global History: Potentials and Issues Date: 15-16 June 2023 Venue: Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong Sponsored by Lloyd’s Register Foundation via the University of Portsmouth and the History Department and Modern History Research Centre…
Well, it’s been six months since I wrote in this space. I can’t remember how many times I’ve sat down and typed an opening line like this. Usually I delete them. It’s boring. Who wants to hear a writer lament about their inability to make time to write? Just write something already. But sometimes marking…
Fig. 1: A green roof replacing ground level green space Graeme Hopkins 2019 The urban environment is majorly experiencing a boost of green revolt of green Terrace and vertical landscapes. These elements help in designing solutions that can transform the concrete jungle into an environmentally friendly and enhance the quality of cityscapes. Sustainable drainage is…
In a recent video, “Savor the Harvest,” I taste test my two fig varieties, plum liqueur, a hot chili from Sicily, harvest calyxes from roselle hibiscus and much more. It is a video I hope you will watch, like and share. I share this newspaper clipping of my mother, who is going downhill fast. Her…
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