Real Estate development has slowed to pre-ordered demand owing to high interest rates in places like Santa Clarita Valley, CA where 40,000 new home are expected to be developed this decade.
Category: Culture
Decriminalize Running, Fleeing and Free Movement for Black Americans! (Unlearning Oppression: Lesson 24)
Black movement itself has become an activating force of the White posse…, activating the Pavlovian White posse or police response. Walking in a new area, running and driving shouldn’t be a Black crime punishable by death.
Remembering Peace Walker Mary Louise Martin
Mary undertook much of her philanthropic work through the First Baptist Church, where in the last years of her life she worked tirelessly addressing the needs of the unhoused in McMinnville.
Tsi-ga-mo-gi Tribe Elder Steve Yapuncich’s Prayer
When praying, it’s best to use what you have in your heart.
Peace Is Up to Us! Unlearning Oppression, Lesson 22
Peace is not passive. Peace is non-violent. What is required is deliberate, intentional action and or training. Have you got the courage to bring peace to your community?
Delighting in the Art History of Southern France: A Family Tour
Julianna Lozada As part of my family’s plan to finally drop me off at college at the Sciences Po, Reims … More
American Junk! How Legends Furniture and Overstock.com Eschew Accountability for Making Expensive Landfill (Waste Series: Part 1)
This longish story, is an invaluable contemporary, cautionary tale on the plight of American-made goods. It’s worth reading if you want to save time, money and energy on important major purchases for should-be durable goods. If it doesn’t last decades, it’s junk.
Geometry of Rome, Florence, and Milan: An Artist’s Inquiry into Universal Building Blocks of Art and Architecture
By looking at a dome from above or below, we see its radial symmetry, but by imagining the cross section of the dome, we get the shape of an arch- which was even more common throughout architecture new and old, and a predecessor to the dome.
“In Focus Protest”: A Close Look at the New Getty Center Exhibit
One of the first photographs displayed is titled “American Flag”, captured by American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in 1977.
Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado: A 2021 Road Trip Photo Essay
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National State Park in Colorado offers visitors many wonders on a large and small scale.
Karma Compass 