by Katherine Williams | Nov 26, 2012 | community, Community Design
Earlier this summer, The Brookings Institution released a great paper discussing the problem of transit and jobs. Basically, the authors say transit exists where the jobs are but not where people live so people have a hard time actually getting from residential areas...
by Katherine Williams | Sep 5, 2012 | community
You can’t fault business people for making a profit. However if you are a billionaire, how do you get the nerve to tell workers they should work for $2 a day. Apparently in Australia, mining tycoons think their countrymen should be like African workers who are...
by Katherine Williams | Aug 28, 2012 | community, Community Design
It is a great thing to see a community come together to support those who can’t do for the themselves. One of the great examples of this is Seattle’s Urban Rest Stop. The idea came about in 1990 after a survey found that Seattle had almost no public rest...
by Katherine Williams | Mar 13, 2012 | community
Paper notes and porcelain dolls | Photo by ♣♦♥♠ I like stories. I like to hear, see, and read how people got to where they are in their lives. Their path is not mine and my path is not theirs but we cross in space and time. A few months ago I visited the Contemporary...
by Katherine Williams | Jan 24, 2012 | community, home life
Ritual is necessary for us to know anything. Ken Kesey Metal Snowflake by trec_lit For the first time in several years, I was home for Christmas. With people I have known all my life. All a little older, a little grayer,...
by Katherine Williams | Dec 16, 2011 | community, Community Design, Dinner series
Tea Kung Fu Photo by Michael CamilleriAfter dinner, a cup of tea or coffee is always welcome. Consider this my after dinner post to wrap up this edition of the dinner series. For the last couple of weeks, I have been writing about food and community, particularly...
