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Civics and Culture

Everywhere

  As we pull up to Third and James, southbound, a couple of folks get on whom I recognize. "Heeyy," I say to them, beaming....

Sunday Video: Public Space in Motion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynIzCSbB45E Public Space in Motion, From Nice by Chuck Wolfe on YouTube.

Oh, But She’s Got the Answers to Everyone’s Problems…

  "Birthday on the 25th," Isaac is saying, referring to himself. Isaac is in a work-release program at Burger King, and sometimes he pays me...

Community Transit hosts a conversation on 8-80 Cities

Community Transit recently sponsored a community forum at the Lynnwood Convention Center on 8-80 Cities: Vibrant Cities. About 50 people were in attendance to listen...

Decoding the place between places

Third in an illustrated series about place-decoding from the South of France. Today, many promote urban walkability, but for several years, I have focused on inter-urban,...

Temporal

  A collection of interesting moments I've had recently, which all strike me with the unexpected nature of how events sequence themselves.... * * * * What...

Indigenous People’s Day 2014

On October 6th, 2014, something monumental happened in Seattle--no, I’m not talking about the Seahawks win (though more on that in a moment), I’m...

Let’s Hear it for Rats

  Conversations from the middle of the night: A man, asking the woman with her arm in a sling: "Is that a mouse?" She manages to be old,...