I’m writing this from Nairobi, Kenya.
In my hotel room, the body lotion mounted on the bathroom wall looks like this:
Continue reading “Revise the Proverb”Go Jays, Even Today
As I write this entry, it is about nine hours after the Toronto Blue Jays lost to the LA Dodgers in the 11th inning of seventh game of the World Series.
I’m a Blue Jays fan. Not a hop on the bandwagon, start-paying-attention-in-October fan, but a watch most games and know every player’s name by their faces fan — have been for years. Many a sweater has been knit cheering on these boys.
Continue reading “Go Jays, Even Today”Well-imagined infrastructure
“Infrastructure connects and divides” ~ Michael Maltzan
Michael Maltzan is the renowned architect who designed the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Sixth Street Viaduct — a bridge connecting (rather than dividing) two disparate neighbourhoods in LA, several affordable housing developments and many other landmarks.
Continue reading “Well-imagined infrastructure”Social Rings of Saturn
“Being neighbourly used to involve bringing cookies to someone going through a hard time. Now it’s averting your eyes and not acknowledging what you heard last night through the wall.”
Continue reading “Social Rings of Saturn”What I Learned on my Summer Vacation
I am typing this post in the Denver Airport, on my way home from the Aspen Ideas Festival. I’ve had three remarkable days that have supplied me with enough fodder to fill this blog for months. It was like attending the intellectual Oscars, while also feeling like a bit of a spy.
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