girlwonderadventures of an often distributed mediumWorldchanging book- November 28, 2006 On November 1, the Worldchanging book hit the shelves. I wrote a few pieces for it in the "Retrofitting Suburbia" section about ways to retool suburbia to fight sprawl. The book is chock full of information about sustainable approaches to living on this planet. It reminds me a little of the Whole Earth Catalog at one point in my time. The book is beautiful, too--I love the cover with the shiny, radiating bird. I'm planning to be in New York for upcoming events surrounding the book. See you...http://www.girlwonder.com/2006/11/worldchanging_book.html Posted three hours before I turned 35- November 26, 2006 Almost 35 Originally uploaded by maximolly. It's my birthday! I am now 35 years old. This is freaking me out because I've forever left the 18-34 demographic. And when many of the people I celebrated with turn 35, I will be on my way to exiting the demographic for the 50-64! We had a wonderful party at the Anchor in New Haven, complete with amazing cake. Today, Birke and I are doing a photo shoot together and then I'm going to write, write, write. Really, I love birthdays....http://www.girlwonder.com/2006/11/posted_three_hours_before_i_tu.html Andy and Carrie, my brother and new sister-in-law: married!- November 22, 2006 November is almost done. I'm almost 35. Ugh. Here are a few posts about what's been up. First, on November 4, 2006, my brother Andy married his longtime girlfriend Carrie. Andy and Carrie are the parents of Jack (almost 7) and Maddie, aka Mamie (age 2) and have been together for close to nine years. It was a wonderful, touching ceremony. Everybody looked great and had a great time. The ceremony was in St. Paul, Minnesota, at the Fort Snelling Chapel. Enrique came with me and has now...http://www.girlwonder.com/2006/11/andy_and_carrie_my_brother_and.html Pelosi in da house- November 9, 2006 ... while Dems in the Senate rock it. Today, I sent this note to Harvey Jacobs, the urban planning professor I had in 1994. He taught Green Politics. Dear Professor Jacobs, In 1994, I took your Green Politics class as a senior German major. I wouldn't expect you to remember me, but our final project was on the history of Madison's waste management and landfills. But that's not why I write. Yours was the first class, the day after the election in 1994, when the Democrats lost so heavily...http://www.girlwonder.com/2006/11/pelosi_in_da_house.html |