Monthly Archives: July 2009
THE GUNPOWDER CHRONICLES, Part 2: “Balance”
This is the 2nd in a series about our partnership with the Chula Vista Nature Center at Gunpowder Point. These posts will document our progress as we move our middle school science program off campus– to a satellite classroom called the … Continue reading
SWEET MUSIC, TIPS IN A BUCKET, AN OLD VIOLIN
The musicians are coming back to New Orleans even if the business investors are not. They are everywhere. They are on the streets of the Quarter and in the clubs and bars on Frenchmans Street. Listen to them play. Feel … Continue reading
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JOURNALING CHAOS 7: “It’s in The Salsa”
The “I Ching” teaches that “Before there can be great brilliance… there must be chaos.” This is PART 7 in a series of blog posts that document our research, strategic thinking, observations and debates as we take on one of the last vestiges … Continue reading
DANCING FOR FUNHOUSE MIRRORS
I just looked at the calendar on my IPhone and it says I am supposed to go back to work on Monday. So be it. I haven’t really left my work anyway… I have been messing with stuff for the … Continue reading
ORIGAMI HATS AND A HOUSE OF CARDS
Sunday morning. In the half light of dawn I awoke to screetching tires and a muffled thunk and an anxious silence that should have been filled by my car alarm. Newspaper Guy takes the corner at the … Continue reading
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THEY SERENADE THE HABITATS
In the summer heat the cicadas sing in harmony, their collective voices rise and fall… rise and fall. As if the Bayou breathes. And of course it does. And they are matched in the distance by the pounding of hammers … Continue reading
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