Launch of new blog category: Photo Essays
After finally cleaning my hard drive, I’ve got the stats for the photos I’ve taken...
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Sheltering a budding promise, close to the earth
I took several photos at the Rainier Beach Urban Farm project, at several different levels of...
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Where natural rhythms prevail and refresh
Urban greenery, in parks, gardens, and sheltered pathways, turns the experience of the city inside...
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When we become the peace that passes all understanding
I kept watching for this moment to take a picture of the Peace sign that had been marking the...
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A sacred place for reclaiming the shared promise of young lives lost
This curbside memorial, in all its exuberant chaos of blossoms, balloons, toys and statuettes,...
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A yard sale network–and neighborhood event–you don’t want to miss
Something about the make-shift assembly of this particular sign caught my eye. The neighborhood...
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For whom the bell tolls, and when—sacred rhythms that structure and interrupt the routines of life
Church bells and carillons are the legacy of times past, when the rhythms of worship and prayer...
Read More10+ musings on Liberating Voices and Civic Engagement
Here are a few overall musings on the Liberating Voices Pattern Language and Civic Engagement, based primarily on conversations that occurred during and after the series of workshops I conducted at The Evergreen State College...
Read MoreGratitude for Songaia, the Journey of a Song of the Earth
This posting is something of a dedication for the new series of articles under the category of “Inner Voices,” which I have introduced in another posting as a music-based, rather than psychological, metaphor for a...
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Inner Voices: Exploring the Mid-range Voices for Hints of Structural Community Innovation
I’m opening up a new category of Patterns of Engagement: Inner Voices. I intend to use the...
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