An Episode of Eavesdropping Screeches and Witnessing Images in My Mind’s Sleepless Cinema Big monkey and the bone drum at the beginning of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. “The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race. Once humans develop artificial intelligence, it will take off on its own
The following are journal and calendar entries from Karen and my trip down the ALCAN Highway, leaving Ester, Alaska, and eventually reaching Caroline, Wisconsin, in October 1986. The journal entries begin prior to leaving. Karen and I took turns with the entries. Attribution is given for each entry. Information in [parenthesis like this] is included
“They call me Baby DriverAnd once upon a pair of wheelsI hit the road and I'm goneWhat's my number?I wonder how your engines feel” -Baby Driver (Paul Simon) Call me Baby Boomer Rubber Tramp. I should be making preparations, getting my pairs of wheels ready to hit the road. But I’m not gone, or
Here's a compilation of the seventeen episodes of The Rocky Mountain Rubber Tramp, a story of living in a vintage camper with a dog for a year, while spending equal time in a secluded mountain getaway in the northern Colorado Rockies and the raucous, enchanting town of Las Vegas, New Mexico - known in its previous
“I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.” - Henry David Thoreau “Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American essayist, poet and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience" (originally
On Common Ground, published by the National Association of REALTORS, has been focusing on how to build better buildings in the face of climate change weather events, from floods to fires to power outages. Here's a recent article that looks at a few options for building against the forces we face. Hope you enjoy! https://www.oncommonground-digital.org/oncommonground/spring_2022/MobilePagedReplica.action?pm=2&folio=52#pg52
Here's a recent article for On Common Ground, the trade publication for the National Association of REALTORS, regarding designing more walkable neighborhoods for modern community development. I hope you enjoy it.
“Put the stuff closer together so it’s easier to get to the stuff" April 30, 2021, On Common Ground By Kurt Buss This is how Minneapolis planner Paul Mogush describes the 15-minute city concept, which is getting refreshed attention, though it’s hardly a novel method of designing the places where we live. It used to be
Here's a recent assignment dealing with federal funding for COVID trickling down to the local level to provide economic relief for small towns and rural areas in America. (Photo by Gene Gallin on Unsplash)
Here's a recent assignment from the trade publication for the National Association of REALTORS regarding nature-based solutions for the loss of coastline due to rising oceans. I hope you find it enlightening.
