Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Santa on Livernois
I saw two bikes come riding in, On Livernois, on Livernois. I saw two bikes come riding in, on Livernois in the morning..
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Santa wants a new sleigh
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Oh what fun it is to ride…
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Somebody’s coming to town…
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Poops and the City
Dog poop. It’s the under belly of public spaces, neighborhood parks, side walks, lawns and your bushes. We all love our pets and parks though some pet owners have a hard time following through on their daily pet duties—picking up the poop. In response to the fouling of public spaces, municipal governments everywhere respond with […]
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What’s Up With Those Green Markings?
Something looks really different about the Livernois bikes lanes than most motorists and cyclists have not seen or experienced in Michigan communities. Bike lanes help cars and motorists co-exist safely. Buffered bike lanes, which is the first type of bike lane in Ferndale, is another level of safety up from a conventional bike lane. The City […]
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The Big Elephant in the Room
Growing up, my grandpa said lots of things that made family members cringe. Like the bad uncle or crazy talking grandpa at a holiday dinner, you tolerate the conversation for a little bit, but then you quietly find your exit. You know grandpa won’t change his ways at this point in his life. His beliefs […]
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A Howling Time: Community Sustainability in the Amazonas
I wrote a version of this internal blog post in 2012 for staff at the Michigan Suburbs Alliance. At the time, I was leading Climate Action Planning, a project that developed local strategies for community-level action on climate change for the cities of Hazel Park, Ypsilanti and Southgate in SE Michigan. In this original blog […]
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The Way Finding Trees
Sometimes I wonder how I navigated getting myself from one destination to another–BGM (Before Google Maps). Before GIS mapping came ubiquitous on smart phones, I relied on AAA Trip Tickets to show me the travel directions from one state to another. Before AAA Trip Tickets, and in navigational mystery emergencies, a rolled up tattered metro […]
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Easy Rider: Ferndale, Highland Park to Detroit
Biking is the best way to explore Detroit. Well, any place really. If you want to experience the space around you–the sights, sounds and people–a bicycle is one of the best ways to cover ground while taking time to stop to take a good look at whatever catches your eye. My husband and I frequently […]
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