I didn't grow up a witness to much lawn mowing. We rented an apartment and my grandparents were Italian immigrants with a fondness for asphalt. I was always proud to be a concrete city girl, my few experiences with nature being limited to short drives through New Hampshire
Well, I'll be dam'd, we all will in the name of progress. That’s the take the federal government of America has been spinning since Wilson Dam’s first conception was approved in 1916 and the project was completed in 1925: 9 years from approval, 7
The natural element of water is the uniqueness and ability to sustain life here on Earth, it is distributed via pathways, like a vein system in a human body. 100 years ago, the creation of utility companies in the name of progress required redistributing this water and creating new paths,
Looking back 16 is too young to have a lover no wonder high school sweethearts either bond forever or blister from burning out. But my dad had left, not by choice, by result. And a woman, a growing woman needs containment. Without it she is subject to much exposure relationally
Current events, what is happening currently? where are you located currently? meaning right now. What is the tide marked as? They have a flag system at the ocean each other tells you merit of safety, instructing your direction. They are monitoring the current, the water directions and pressures as they
Foundations, do you have one? If so, is strong, or barely holding on? I have an eclectic foundation, its walls are made of various slabs, blocks, tape, and paints, that I gathered here there and everywhere to create my foundation. At first glance it may look patchy, but I have
I think naturally as humans we are drawn to transformation through color, painting, makeup, even tanning. We associate color with beauty, and it happens very young, watching insects change color, watching leaves change tone. Of course, we would seek to mimic or mirror our own. My first reflection on makeup
Recently I wrote about both topics of the need for and importance of physical health of the individual in response to daily function, collective need and emergencies. Following that a large portion of the country spanning regions with different climates with a snow and ice storm we name Winter Storm
There is a low quality of life across tiers of social classes globally. We have stretched the collective bend to greatly and it's time to pull back, can we all just have a collective I give in? Our people our hungry, children with growling stomach looking at dissociated
Chicago is the North you know to think of when living in the South, especially the Deep South. You kind of know of New England, but not really. Not enough to consider it. Just like you wouldn’t the Pacific Northwest. Maybe it’s because we follow the rivers, but
So far, we’re a few days past the worst of Winter Storm Fern, and the situation remains unstable. More cold is coming. More weather is developing. There are no signs of stalling. This isn’t just a storm—it’s a signal. Jackknifed trucks, blocked interstates, and stalled freight
I have this memory; it’s more tied to a scent than a visual memory I hold. It’s so simple I may not have recalled it at all if I didn’t fall in love with this Hello Kitty hand lotion I found like a diamond in the rough