I was listening to an old Bruce Springsteen song on the car radio, "DANCING IN THE DARK" and my wife reminded me we have been dancing in the dark for a couple of months up here in the HIGHLANDS. It seems that the only light the streetlight on the corner of Rock Ave. and Hollingsworth sees is the light of day.
It seems to me this should be a big safety concern. The inauguration's over (I know cause I was there). Now it's time to get down to running the city. It's no longer a battle of who's the best man for the job cause you guys, you got the job.
I don't know nothing about any etiquette or turf wars over who knows whose Ward it's in. All I know is it's dark at night, I can't see any precinct lines on the streets.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Sunday, January 1, 2012
LISTEN UP!
This is big doings for the HIGHLANDS COALITION which last year feautured a performance by my daughter ASIAH and the year before both of my kids TRIPPY and ASIAH performing so I definitely hope lots of people attend and support it.
Friday, December 23, 2011
VICTORY IN LOSING
Lynn group holds celebration after fighting off foreclosures
Some people are happy with this "victory" for the homeowner, a neighbor in the HIGHLANDS with an all too common problem. Unfortunately we have a few vacant tombstone scattered throughout these hills that offer a testimonial to the more common losses.
You hear others blame the victims for the irresponsibility of not "living within their means". The sad thing is they probably thought they were. The "American Dream" turned into a "Wall Street nightmare" when the wind gusts of reality blew down the complex house of cards built by derivatives and other complex financial instruments designed as a new method of extortion, squeezing the last drops of blood out of a dying middle class.
Some people are happy with this "victory" for the homeowner, a neighbor in the HIGHLANDS with an all too common problem. Unfortunately we have a few vacant tombstone scattered throughout these hills that offer a testimonial to the more common losses.
You hear others blame the victims for the irresponsibility of not "living within their means". The sad thing is they probably thought they were. The "American Dream" turned into a "Wall Street nightmare" when the wind gusts of reality blew down the complex house of cards built by derivatives and other complex financial instruments designed as a new method of extortion, squeezing the last drops of blood out of a dying middle class.
Saturday, December 10, 2011
HICO WHO?
At least when my articles are poorly written I can blame my typing or my brain damage. Usually I don't forget who I'm talking about. If I hadn't been there and part of the planning I wouldn't have known the HIGHLANDS COALITION put this whole thing on, sure the people mentioned helped but it was HICO that led the GASS ATTACK!
http://www.lynnjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/LynnJournal.pdf
http://www.lynnjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/LynnJournal.pdf
FAMILY FUN AT THE FOOT OF THE HIGHLANDS
This is such a great deal I got to pass it along.
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Sunday, December 4, 2011
YOUR CHANCE TO COOK
It's pretty exciting to me that while I'm going to a PAC meeting tomorrow night that my son, TRIPPY, is going to a HIGHLANDS COALITION sponsored meeting about organizing some development of COOK STREET PARK.
Getting the youth's perspective on what they want will give any proposed project will stand a better chance of succeeding than just having us tell them what they need.And let's face it COOK STREET PARK is a hidden jewel.
Once again anyone interested in getting involved come to the meeting:
Getting the youth's perspective on what they want will give any proposed project will stand a better chance of succeeding than just having us tell them what they need.And let's face it COOK STREET PARK is a hidden jewel.
Once again anyone interested in getting involved come to the meeting:
Mon., Dec. 5 @ 7 PM
193 Beacon Hill - 1st floor
Saturday, December 3, 2011
PLANT THIS
A garden is more than a place to grow tasty vegetables or pretty flowers. There are plenty of people out there who will fill your head with nutrition data until your belly bursts from over consumption. Then there are those who will fill the air with testimonies with aesthetic testimonies about flowers until you pass out from inhaling the fumes of their exhortations.
Well both sides are a little right but completely wrong. For the real value of a garden you have to dig a little deeper until you hit fertile ground. Whether you have a raised bed or growing tomato plants in old milk jugs on the window sill, the real importance is in the value in the lessons learned.
To be a good and successful gardener, you have to car about something other than yourself. You need to take of the task of nurturing something, watching it grow, and develop into something that will be prized by others. The same criteria are held out for being a good parent. The lessons are transferable but instead of winning blue ribbons for an award-winning crop, we get diplomas issued from our schools. We are producing a bumper crop in the HIGHLANDS with the FORD SCHOOL and the INTERNATIONAL GARDEN.
With the diaspora of raised bed gardens the HIGHLANDS COALITION are building for families in the neighborhood and talk of a proposed expansion into a small section of COOK STREET PARK, everything could be coming up roses for the HIGHLANDS residents.
Well both sides are a little right but completely wrong. For the real value of a garden you have to dig a little deeper until you hit fertile ground. Whether you have a raised bed or growing tomato plants in old milk jugs on the window sill, the real importance is in the value in the lessons learned.
To be a good and successful gardener, you have to car about something other than yourself. You need to take of the task of nurturing something, watching it grow, and develop into something that will be prized by others. The same criteria are held out for being a good parent. The lessons are transferable but instead of winning blue ribbons for an award-winning crop, we get diplomas issued from our schools. We are producing a bumper crop in the HIGHLANDS with the FORD SCHOOL and the INTERNATIONAL GARDEN.
With the diaspora of raised bed gardens the HIGHLANDS COALITION are building for families in the neighborhood and talk of a proposed expansion into a small section of COOK STREET PARK, everything could be coming up roses for the HIGHLANDS residents.
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