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Dreaming the Inclusive City
Jennie was up early, watering the garden and brewing our morning tea. (The lettuce and spinach are up!) As has been my want of late, I awoke with the birds then went back to sleep. Over the past couple of days the trees have completely leafed out, turning the forest into a seemingly impenetrable wall…
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Graduation and Cultural Change
After a day of stormy skies and light rain, today dawned sunny and mild. Over the past week, many trees have leafed out, and the leaf color has changed from soft pastel to deep, vibrant spring green. Jennie put in our garden transplants yesterday; all around the neighborhood flower boxes are overflowing with bloom. In…
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Thoughts on an Overheard Conversation
We were sitting in a cafe in Boston the other morning, enjoying the sunshine that flooded through the window by our table. Outside, two suavely dressed older men, apparently long time friends, chatted intently over coffee. At the table next two us, two twenty-somethings spoke energetically about their world of high finance, and the importance…
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Tanya Tagaq Sings the Arctic
Last night we went to a concert by Tanya Tagaq, the Inuit throat singer, at the Flynn Center’s black box theatre. I had been looking forward to this event all season. Tanya is an eloquent, vastly talented woman, who travels with a band composed of a drummer, violinist, and sound artist/engineer. Their music is largely…
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