The WhereProject

September 2005

  • Get a Job

    Get a Job

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    Yesterday Cathy and I headed up to Cape Ann to visit Tim and Meg and explore Dogtown Commons, the nature preserve that makes up much of the inland area of Gloucester. It has a colorful history stretching back to the early colonists, full of tales of the pirates, witches, and widows who supposedly inhabited it.…

  • A whippoorwill

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    Blog URL: http://whippoorwill.typepad.com/ Description: Whippoorwill is from Northern Ontario Canada, soon to re-locate to Toronto.  She has some of the best writing you'll find on the web.  She often writes about place.  You need to check her out.

  • A Sense of Place: Finding a Somewhere to Call Home

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    Yesterday I tried out Google’s new blogsearch feature by plugging in "place" and one of the first sites that came up was Ronni Bennett’s blog, "A Sense of Place: Finding a Place to Call Home." In May she decided to start this blog to document her recent decision to leave New York City after 30-some…

  • The Value of a Place

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    I was surprised–and unnerved–to read in the Boston Globe that Boston is the most expensive metro area in the country, at least according to one study. The article lists some starting statistics from the report:   "The report found that last year, a family of four living in the Boston area needed $64,656 to cover…

  • The View from Other Blogs

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    After a week of gleaning Katrina-related news from many sources, it’s been good to read the reflections of those in the circle of bloggers I follow: Fred on The Benefits of Disaster Beth from The Cassandra Pages on taking our interconnectedness seriously Pica’s practical musings in "What I Can Do" Jarrett insights on the "death"…