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Entries from May 31st, 2010

Memorial Day: Taking Ownership Of Our Wars

May 31st, 2010 · No Comments · politics

Happy Memorial Day.  I recently had a conversation with a new friend, Cynthia, who had grown up in a military family. (I met her  in the  excellent week-long Nia dance intensive I just completed). Cynthia and I agreed that as painful as the Vietnam War was for all concerned, the fact that it involved a [...]

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We’ve Found Our New House

May 19th, 2010 · No Comments · community, sustainability, transportation

Besides working on my novel, called Revelle, and my day job in transportation options being intense this spring, the other reason for infrequent posts this year has been Thor’s and my time-consuming search for a new house. The kind that has more than one bathroom, and is built to better earthquake and energy efficiency codes [...]

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Setbacks & Collaboration; A New House & Nia Training

May 9th, 2010 · No Comments · community

Life has been . . . . .  intense lately. The statewide rideshare project I’ve been leading has been having setbacks, and then actually had its funding yanked (a situation not unique to this particular project). [ Update: It since had its funding restored. ] So I’ve been collaborating like crazy with my colleagues to [...]

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