for love of a park

for love of a park

Posted by on Apr 28, 2012 in neighborhood | No Comments

Last weekend in honor of Earth Day I captained the cleanup effort out at our sweet little neighborhood park. About ten or so neighbors came out to lend a hand with spreading mulch and planting annuals in bare planters. A few months ago I started volunteering as park steward, which basically means picking up litter ...

Storytelling snapshots

Storytelling snapshots

Posted by on Sep 19, 2011 in neighborhood, photos | No Comments

always imagining a tale

Train babies

Train babies

Posted by on Aug 26, 2011 in neighborhood | One Comment

stay all day

Visions of piracy and profiteering

Visions of piracy and profiteering

Posted by on Aug 5, 2011 in chez nous, neighborhood | No Comments

the prospect of rehabilitating a scourged plot of ground in New Detroit makes me feel weirdly giddy

Alleyway wilderness

Alleyway wilderness

Posted by on Jun 20, 2011 in neighborhood | No Comments

I crave a house with big floor-to-ceiling windows I can throw open, built of rough barnwood planks, standing in the middle of a field, in the path of breezes traveling long distance over open ground, scent of clover, scent of long grass roasting and gone to seed under the sun, indian blanketed