On Food & Culture
Just 2 days ago I was helping evacuees at the Reliant Arena. Now I myself am loading my car and preparing to evacuate in the morning, given the path of Rita towards us and Matagorda Bay. So, amigas, amigos, I and a few hundred thousand …
Can you believe it? We in Houston may have to evacuate. Dang. All the temporary residents/evacuees of the Reliant Complex are gone. Those who were not able to be relocated to places here in our city have been bused to Fort Chafee Arkansas, this because …
As I look toward the upcoming conference, “In Our Own Tongues,” and prepare my remarks scheduled for a panel, I’m helped by Mary’s pointing to Fernando Gros‘ blog which points to Ryan Bolger’s blog. The discussion is about the cultural shifts around web practices and …
I’ve often thought about the similarity between Hitler and Bush, in that they both led their countries to an invasion based on fabrication, and fear and with popular support. I don’t think that we are bound by our history nor family background, but it is …
I’ll share what gave me a rueful smile early in the Astrodome experience. Remember the big bright idea that FEMA had, to move the Katrina survivors to cruise ships? The ships had already arrived here, docked and ready. Local leaders roundly rejected it. There were …
Texas is helping provide free medications for persons living with HIV who lost their medications and insurance documents during Katrina.Refer anyone in need to Texas Department of Health site. Excellent news that some drug companies are giving the medicines free to Katrina survivors, or at …
The low power radio station by/for Katrina Astrodome survivors went on the air yesterday, noon. More on that later. Rebuilding after Katrina is daunting, but it is an opportunity for positive change. After a rest and prayer….time to organize. I’m guided by these ideas: 1) …
Witnessing the images and sounds of the Katrina disaster, Marilyn Born, a dear friend from Melbourne Australia, wrote this poem/prayer. She said that she kept “thinking about the second and third⦠wave of grievers (vicarious trauma) So wrote this. It helped me to get it …
Houston Rocks. Yesterday we did not have to spend a single penny to buy airline tickets for Katrina survivors. Why? Because a horde of volunteers showed up with cars and vans, ready to drive families and groups to various cities. (This with gas prices being …
Two questions for today are: 1) can we ever control people’s expression? What are the circumstances under which we should control people’s expression? 2) will the proprietary model (i.e., viewing information as private property like houses and cars)continue as the only paradigm for information and …