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Monthly Archives: July 2016
Big Yellow Taxi
I happened across this AP story by Frank Eltman in yesterday’s newspaper: “Solar projects can’t save the forests for the trees?” According to the article, several projects are currently in the works to cut down hundreds of acres of forest in New … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Nature, Political Analysis, Technology
Tagged alternative energy, deforestation, environment, solar power, tidal power
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A Tale of Two Tennis Courts
This is a tale of two tennis courts in Milwaukee’s Washington Park. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted of Central Park fame (see a nice NY Times article about his Midwestern parks here), Washington Park was once home to the Milwaukee … Continue reading
Posted in History, Life, Milwaukee, Photography
Tagged Frederick Law Olmsted, Milwaukee, Parks, Washington Park
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Some background on Turkey within the Middle East conflicts
Today seems like a good day to link to two of my older (March 2014 and October 2015) posts about Turkey. Mostly I talk about Turkey within the context of wider regional conflicts and history, but these posts may get you … Continue reading
Posted in History, Life, Political Analysis
Tagged ISIS, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine
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Little Free Library (#9) – Makenna’s Tribute
The Little Free Library movement is huge in Milwaukee. In some neighborhoods you can’t drive more than a few blocks without seeing one of the little book boxes in a front yard. These boxes can be wildly individualistic, which is … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, Art, Books and reading, Life, Little Free Library, Milwaukee
Tagged book box, Little Free Library, memorial, Milwaukee, tribute
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Random Reflections on Malls and Department Stores
Monday’s Wall Street Journal ran an article (read it here) noting the waning days of the department store as anchor in the American shopping mall: “Mall Owners Push Out Department Stores: Fast-fashion chains, restaurants, specialty stores do a better job of driving mall … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, Creativity, History, Life, Milwaukee, Popular culture, WPLongform (posts of 1000 words or longer)
Tagged abandoned malls, being present, change, Christmas windows, department stores, Gimbels Department Store, pay toilets, progress, shopping malls, the eternal, urban renewal, urban repurposing, WPLongform, WPLongform (posts of 1000 words or longer)
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Little Free Library (#8) – Matching!
Often Little Free Library boxes match the house they sit in front of. I’ve done a post on one of these before (Little Free Library #2, here) but I didn’t think to include a photo of the house. For today’s … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, Books and reading, Life, Little Free Library, Milwaukee
Tagged Little Free Library, Milwaukee
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Signs of an epic life-and-death struggle
No doubt because I watched that BBC show on “The Hunt,” predators and prey seem to be weighing on me. In terms of “life and death,” the topic for today’s post feels mighty insignificant compared with the scope of human tragedy in … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Milwaukee
Tagged Downtown Milwaukee, peregrine falcons, predator, prey
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A Thousand Cuts
I worked from Starbucks at Red Arrow Park for part of the morning and made a quick visit to their restroom before walking back to campus. Maybe because it was a quiet time of day, I noticed something about the floor … Continue reading
Neighborhood Watch (Stump Sculpture, Carved Tree Art)
Apparently this is a thing, to have your dead tree turned into a work of art. I’ve been driving past this guy for several years now. Might he be described as a “wood wizard”? Today I finally made time to pull over and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Creativity, Life, Nature, Photography
Tagged carved tree art, dead tree, face in a tree, Gardening, gnome carvings, stump sculpture, yard art
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