I need to say a little about the weekend, which brought so many Jenkintown families together through shared experiences. There are community experiences and my own experiences that I want to capture. Why here? Because my day to day life can be solitary and I am grateful to know incredible people in Jenkintown. The Dads […]
An un-edited stream of mapping thoughts. Yesterday I spent a lot of time working through my own version of “Into the Stars – ArtRage Watercolor Tutorials.” The core takeaway was the use of layer textures, and I got a better understanding of Artrage 5 tools. I still have Obi Kaufmann’s atlas open on my desk […]
I love Obi Kaufmann’s atlas, The California Field Atlas. The cover text caught my eye while I was in the Stanford Book Store on Friday. The font seems to be similar to IM Fell, recreated digitally by Igino Marini. I tried to recreate it so that I’d better understand it. It’s like a transitional serif. […]
Following up on the East Coast Greenway Mid-Atlantic Summit last week, here are some notes. Community engagement To help someone, listen, understand their needs, and don’t push your agenda. A city might have funds to install a bike share location at a community center. People who use the community center may only care about […]
I walked into the Jenkintown Library last month and saw a puzzle in progress in front of the fireplace. It got me thinking about problem solving. A puzzle. You sit down and work on it because it’s in front of you. You don’t blame the manufacturer for mixing up all of the pieces. You probably […]
Yesterday I went to the Bicycle Coalition’s Vision Zero Conference instead of going to a basketball game (Jenkintown girls are in the state tournament). After the conference, I talked with Veronica Davis, the keynote speaker. I remembered her talk at the League of American Bicyclists National Summit in 2013 about Black Women Bike DC. Denise […]
In February I met up with Andy Strauss and we biked over to the NJ Bike Walk Summit. Cyndi Steiner and her team who put on the Bike/Walk NJ Summit had a good collection of speakers. I had wanted to write much more about this, but that opportunity has passed. Supporting efforts of Adventure Cycling […]
I first listened to the book “Rework” years ago, and recently I listened to “It Doesn’t have to be Crazy at Work.” These books are by Basecamp‘s founders. I like the books, and I bought hardcover versions. Tomorrow I’m going to take them to my meeting. Today is March 13, 2019, and we are in the […]
Sometimes I can learn so much just in our own kitchen at home. This morning, Rona was explaining this watering hole map on a new plate from the Warlukurlangu cooperative. The cooperative is in Alice Springs. The area is vast expanses of red earth, with little green scrubby shrubs. On the plate, red swirls are […]