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Category Archives: Love
A generation comes to a close…
Today, the last living member of my parent’s generation passed away. Uncle Ralph was 97 years young and despite his age, died much too early. He was active and filled with vigor throughout his life, even until just a couple … Continue reading
Posted in family, history, humanity, Love, peace
Tagged ancestors, family, family tree, generations, grandparents, history, love, parents, relatives, time
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“RESET” – Where planning intersects sci-fi and John Lennon
Imagine if you will, a place and time where society has barely survived nuclear armageddon (the Last War) and reestablished itself in four (4) distinct, unique, climate-controlled, and self-sustained cities in the Mojave Desert – Callisto, Lysithea, Europa, and Elara. This utopian society was founded by an omnipotent Planner by employing wisdom derived from the lyrics of John Lennon’s most enduring song – “Imagine.” Continue reading
Posted in archaeology, art, atomic age, book reviews, books, cities, Civil Rights, civility, culture, entertainment, futurism, government, health, history, Housing, human rights, humanity, literature, Love, planning, reading, Science, Science fiction, songs, spatial design, sustainability, urban planning, Women, writing
Tagged books, Buddhism, cities, Imagine, John Lennon, planning, Reset, Sarina Dahlan, sci-fi, science fiction, writing, zen
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Tuesday Tunes: The best progressive rock song in decades!
If you are one who grew up listening to Pink Floyd, the Moody Blues, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, early Genesis, Rush, and certain tracks by Queen (Bohemian Rhapsody) and Led Zeppelin, you’ll know what progressive rock (or Prog Rock … Continue reading
Posted in art, Communications, diversity, entertainment, fun, human rights, humanity, inclusiveness, Love, music, music reviews, peace, Radio, video, writing
Tagged "Heat Above", albums, Frankenmuth, Greta Van Fleet, Michigan, music, prog rock, progressive rock, Rock 'n' Roll, songs, The Battle at Garden's Gate
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Blackout Tuesday
Posted in Advocacy, civics, Civil Rights, civility, diversity, humanity, inclusiveness, Love, peace, racism
Tagged Black Lives Matter, Blackout Tuesday
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Thank you, METRIC for a Rock n’ Roll Masterpiece
Every once in a while you hear an album that completely knocks your socks off the very first time your listen to it. Today was one of those days. NPR was kind enough to provide a “First Listen” to METRIC’s … Continue reading
Posted in art, Canada, Communications, culture, entertainment, Love, music, pictures, Radio, video, Women
Tagged Art of Doubt, Canada, Emily haines, James Shaw, Joshua Winstead, Joules Scott-Key, Metric, music, Rock 'n' Roll
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“A Handmaid’s Tale” – Is fiction becoming reality?
Though written 32 years ago, the dystopian theocratic society described in Margaret Atwood’s striking novel bears an uncanny likeness to what is (and has been for some time) being preached and advocated by far-right political and religious zealots in our … Continue reading
Posted in art, book reviews, books, Canada, censorship, civics, civility, Communications, culture, feminism, futurism, human rights, humanity, Labor, literature, Love, Religion, Women, writing
Tagged A Handmaid's Tale, fiction, Margaret Atwood, novels
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Rad quotes from “The Minimalists”
In case you have never heard of The Minimalists, they are two gentlemen, Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, who have jettisoned rampant consumptive consumerism and adopted a lifestyle of minimalism. In other words, they have rejected the continuous accumulation … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, art, book reviews, books, branding, civility, consumerism, culture, economics, education, entertainment, family, health, humanity, literature, Love, minimalism, sustainability, writing
Tagged capitalism, consumerism, minimalism, self-worth
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Building a peaceful community with good planning
Building a peaceful community does not just result from how we treat one another (see previous post), but can be literally develop based on how we design our communities and allocate funding. The days of the “wrong side of the … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, airports, Alternative transportation, architecture, Bus transportation, Cars, cities, civics, civility, climate change, commerce, culture, diversity, economic development, environment, gentrification, geography, health, historic preservation, history, homelessness, Housing, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, Love, new urbanism, peace, placemaking, planning, pollution, poverty, rail, revitalization, social equity, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, third places, traffic, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged community, diversity, inclusiveness, love, peace, people
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Cities with a Homeless Bill of Rights
On November 2, 2015 the City Commission of Traverse City adopted a Bill of Rights for homeless residents of the city. I am so very proud of my new home town for having taken this important and compassionate step. In … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, cities, civics, civility, culture, health, homelessness, Housing, human rights, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, Love, planning, politics, social equity, urban planning
Tagged cities, homeless, laws, Rights
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