Print stories, radio pieces, and a few random musings nobody will publish
Carver Food Park Community Garden, at the corner of Gale and Lealand in the 12South Neighborhood, was certainly a raised bed of controversy. But is this any way to resolve it? I don’t know all the whys and wherefores behind today’s destruction of Carver Food Park Community Garden. The disagreement, apparently, roots deeper than topsoil:…
“Transitioned” – Stories of people in our community adapting to an economy in flux, on Nashville Public Radio I’ve had a lot of conversations in the past year about the economy. In those discussions, folks don’t tend to talk about unemployment numbers, the TED Spread, or the Dow. Most of us don’t experience our financial lives…
For me, spring comes to Halcyon Avenue…when the first human emerges from hibernation, and the first sun-warmed porch swing finally rocks into life again.
Since 2008, The Orwell Prize has been blogging George Orwell’s diaries 70 years to the day after he wrote them. I particularly love this most recent “post,” a moment of springtime loveliness as the blitz rages in London. 4.3.41 (March 4th. In European format, the day goes before the month.) At Wallington.* Crocuses out everywhere,…
These two women not only make their corner of the world better, they thrive in the doing of it. And “thrive,” in this sense, has nothing to do with wealth, fame, or reality television.
Some brilliant, wonderful fellow has thrust his pulsating political wit into the gaping void of chaos that is Twitter…and spawned magic.
In limbo between an old, dying economic model and some nebulous future one, how do we prepare ourselves for what comes next? A few days ago I posted a link to my Facebook page that prompted a few enraged replies, which I guess was just what I was looking for. (I was pissed off, and…
Ten years ago today, Hal and I got married in Belize. To celebrate our anniversary, here’s a little bit about how we came to fall in love with the place, and with each other. Beware: mushiness ahead
The Greenery 