Luckily, languages are fun For much of my adult reading life, I avoided works in translation. This was partially ignorance, partially access, and…well, let’s go back to ignorance. Because I actually believed I would not get much out of a work rendered in a language other than its original. This is a function of too […]
Author: Carol Morency
Death to Retail-based Teen Control?
Dead Mall Porn is a genre of online content that I admit to loving, mostly because I love indoor(ish) shopping places. On vacation I often visit a city’s malls just to get a feel for “real life” there, as most actual residents won’t be at the touristy places. I want to see who lives in a place, what they are interested in, and if their food court reflects the area in any way. I will also probably buy some ice cream.
It’s a Long, Long Road
Ninety years old seems to be a good age to stop driving in America. I conclude this based on the examples of two people who I admire greatly. The first was a former neighbor who lived down the hall from me in a multi-family building. I would see her in the hallway often, and always […]
A Solution-based Solution
After many years of marketing public instituions such as libraries and parks, I shifted sideways into nonprofit marketing. As is often the case in the nonprofit world, my shift’s boundaries expanded to include fundraising. I never thought I would ask people for money, but it turns out it is not that much different than asking […]
See How High She Flew
Today we lost Jezebel. I never had an actual sister, but I had Jezebel, so I had many sisters, and a few brothers, with whom I learned that while nature is supposed to be cyclical, history is not, and that there is a lot of work to be done to create a world where everyone […]
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