utopia
November 13, 2009
- As the days shorten, I like to walk at four o'clock, when the light turns thick and golden. Everything it touches seems suspended in honey: the waterbird puffing out its feathers to keep warm, the egret gliding by, the tight, lonely clump of sky-blue ceanothus clinging bravely to life, the pile of dog poop a previous walker has left in my path. The democracy of light. The tide is low, the ...
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April 17, 2009
- As a multicultural citizen of the world, you’ve probably left your hometown behind. You may miss it occasionally, but what do you miss? The way the hills and valleys came together, a river running through it? The scent of honeysuckle in summers, and the crickets that never stopped chirping? The brilliant autumn displays, and the heavy snows in winter? Do you miss the kind of people from that ...
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March 8, 2009
- That's right, this idyllic community, founded in the mid 1800's, New Harmony, Indiana, has wi-fi. I'm in ecstacy. The town is a little jewel of a village, replicas of old houses crafted by hand from brick or logs, art everywhere--even pear trees sculpted to look like dancers. Tomorrow I'll start taking photos. I'm here with Laurel Smith who invited me to share her retreat. We took a long ...
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February 7, 2009
- Last night I went Los Angeles Eco Village to hear Chris Carlsson speak about his new book Nowtopia: How Pirate Programmers, Outlaw Bicyclers, and Vacant lot Gardeners are Inventing the Future. Carlsson has long been a leading figure in the California underground/counter-culture. If you want to know about the California underground, check out Carlsson's website and the book: ...
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January 28, 2009
- 1. Widespread use of chemical fertilizers is killing off dirt mites. Without dirt mites, nothing will grow.2. The bees are disappearing. Without the bees, nothing will grow.3. Antarctica is melting. When the icecap becomes liquid, Nevada will be beachfront.4. Iceland is bankrupt. Without wealthy, sexy Icelandic ravers, there will be no reason to include Reijkavik on your Eurail pass.5. The stock ...
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July 25, 2008
- I had originally intended to write this entry about The Dark Knight, which I just saw this evening, until...well, until I didn't see it, for a host of unimportant reasons involving a six month old. :) We're going to check it out next week instead. But while moping around the Internet (and really, what better way is there to feel sorry for oneself than to surf the web?) I ran into this: a ...
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