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For those interested in our little corner of the world: Meeting Notes, Green Acres

On May 5th, I wrote a post about yesterday’s upcoming meeting of our neighborhood association. Here’s the upshot of what went on. It very much felt inside the contentious — and stimulating, even cracklingly alive! — spirit of the upcoming solar eclipse. May Meeting: longer than usual, spirited, at times contentious, but fun!  

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Homeless in Bloomington: Mayor Kruzan responds to “the crackdown”

Mayor: Focus on low-barrier shelter harms city, homeless Kruzan says advocates’ promotion of Fourth Street garage as shelter, other concerns led to crackdown May 8, 2013 by Jon Blau and Laura Lane heraldtimesonline Excerpt: Advocates for a low-barrier summer shelter joined a group of about 30 homeless people in the Fourth Street garage, nicknamed Garage […]

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Train Squatting

On the morning before the evening when I’m to attend a presentation on squatting at Rachel’s Cafe, it seems only fitting that I post this now. Couldn’t load the photos, so click on the title to see them. Young people hopping trains . . . reminds me of when I got fired from New College […]

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Local action everywhere: Let us boycott foods that contain Monsanto products

See March Against Monsanto. Is there an iphone app that identifies GMO products? If not, there should be. If you still frequent the middle aisles in grocery stores where packaged foods reside, then please memorize this list or somehow carry it with you: Going further, let us support products that are not contaminated with GMOs. […]

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