My curiosity about global and personal happiness continues. For the curious g readers, you’ve already been introduced to my inquiries in The world has gone happy, Smile when you say that, and the happiness quest ~ overrated? Adding to this conversation is the documentary, The Economics of Happiness. With life becoming increasingly stressful for many [...]
I stand corrected. It seems that Riverpark Farm is not the first example of farming in Manhattan (since roughly the 17th century.) While strolling in lower Manhattan yesterday, I spotted this happening in urban agriculture: The Parks Department teamed up with the Battery Park Conservancy and several area high schools to plant crops in an [...]
Now, I’m sure all the curious g readers know that back in the 1600s to mid-1700s, most of upper Manhattan was rolling farmland. Do I hear a yes? The original city of New York began at the southern tip of Manhattan and slowly expanded north. While lower Manhattan was dominated by Five Points and other [...]
As some of the curious g readers may know, I am a huge fan of the New York Public Library (NYPL). It’s a fabulous system and a wonderful resource that is readily available to New Yorkers in Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island. (Brooklyn and Queens have their own branch library systems, more on that [...]
14 july has sure become a jam-packed holiday: National Nude Day Mac N Cheese Day Spongebob Squarepants’s [25th] birthday. Other than Bastille Day, who comes up with this stuff? And who scheduled the last three for the same day as Bastille Day? It’s a mystery. I’m sticking with le quatorze juillet. Bonne fête. Photo: © [...]
But the parallels are all in place: animals marching 2×2, flood, ongoing rain. Really? Yes, it’s happening now, at the Roosevelt Park Zoo in North Dakota. MINOT, N.D. — As a historic flood threatened to drown this city, the animals from the local zoo were evacuated to a warehouse high above the valley floor. There [...]
“Questo pomodoro avrà più fans di Silvio Berlusconi.” There was no mincing words on 12-13 june 2011 when 95% of Italy said one big “No” to Silvio Berlusconi’s government and four big “Sí’s” to referendums. Illustration on website home page: © 2011 Janet Giampietro. La Bocca della Veritá image is in public domain.
Sunday, 24 april 2011 is Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day – an event going into its second decade. Who could make this stuff up? To get a sense of the uniqueness of pinhole-generated images, wander through the archives here. OK, so what is it? An international event to promote and celebrate the art of pinhole photography, [...]
