by Katherine Williams | Sep 16, 2011 | community, home life
We’ve had bad luck with children; they’ve all grown up. Christopher Morley Flickr Photo by LadyDragonflyCC One great thing about community is sharing over time – sharing meals together, sharing news on the street, sharing advice, sharing as you and...
by Katherine Williams | Sep 7, 2011 | community
I mentioned in my last post that our new neighborhood library was opening at the end of July. Going from a small 2,00 square foot facility to a brand new 10,000 square foot building. I was there yesterday for the fifth(?) time since it opened. The change in atmosphere...
by Katherine Williams | Sep 4, 2011 | community
In my last post on gentrification I wrote about changes happening in the commercial area to the south of my neighborhood. To the north of my’hood, there are even bigger changes in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco. Photo by Eurofruit, on Flickr About 10...
by Katherine Williams | Jul 30, 2011 | community
Visitacion Valley Library weeks before completion I like my neighborhood. I am pretty sure that a lot of the people who live here would say the same thing. It’s not the busiest or the hot spot where everyone comes; in fact it’s not even on most maps that...
by Katherine Williams | Jun 27, 2011 | community
Lately I have been thinking about the whole set up of nonprofit, community work in light of the the financial times we are in. I have been asking myself how did we get to a state that Wall Street CEOs, who don’t make any tangible product, earn so much more than...
by Katherine Williams | Apr 24, 2011 | community, Personal development
Photo by Francine WilliamsI had the wonderful opportunity to speak at the Girl Scouts of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s 2011 Girl Leadership Recognition Ceremony April 9, 2011. This is the GS council that I grew up in and helped shape me into the person I am. It...
