Blogs about: Sense Of Place

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Kastanien, Kapuziner season

stripedcat wrote 5 days ago: Even with the current S-bahn chaos in Berlin, it was a pleasure to get to Berlin late at night on W … more →

Tags: Berlin, Schoeneberg, Clärchen Ballhaus, do you read me?!, friedrichstrasse, Gendarmenmarkt, gipsstrasse, Kastanien, Kreuzberg

facing the future

asoutherlyaspect wrote 1 week ago: Regardless of your personal views of the monarchy, you MUST watch this years David Dimbleby Lecture … more →

Tags: Deep Ecology, inspirations, Life, spirituality, Transition Towns

user friendly?1 comment

stripedcat wrote 1 week ago: It is always difficult to figure out the exact ergonomics of a living space, first on the paper with … more →

Tags: Bauhaus, gemuetlich, Ideal Neighbourhood, Decoration, Bread and Butter, berlin fashion week, Monsoon, User friendliness, Ergonomics

Dead on arrival ... ?

nuimgeography wrote 1 week ago: George Demko, a geographer from Darmouth University in the US, argues that a literary sense of place … more →

Tags: Geography and literature, Crime Fiction

back to fundamentals...yours, essentially1 comment

stripedcat wrote 2 weeks ago: There has been quite a hot debate in the press lately on the concept of “most liveable city … more →

Tags: Rome, multikulti, Berlin, liquid society, Berlin Life, Monocle, Tyler Brule, mercer's, EIU

A Sticky Message: "Community is the Smallest Unit of Health"

agingindiana wrote 3 weeks ago: Wendell Berry, author of the quote following the colon, would not likely have thought of his message … more →

Tags: Communities for Life, Community Creation, Wendell Berry, Healthy Communities, sticky messages, Social Marketing, messaging

Dragonfly - Dark Fantasy Set in Illinois

Philip Martin wrote 3 weeks ago: Frederic S. Durbin’s novel Dragonfly (Arkham House hardcover 1999, Ace Fantasy paperback 2005) has a … more →

Tags: Dark Fantasy, Horror Stories, BRADBURY Ray, Durbin, Frederic S., American fantasy

moscow: crimson red (continued)

stripedcat wrote 3 weeks ago: The weather we had in Moscow is exactly today’s weather in Rome. Blue sky, sun, fresh wind, la … more →

Tags: Moscow, multikulti, Altai bread, Anna Politkovskaja, Asne Seierdstad, cappuccino, Gastronom N.1, gum, Inspiring

stairway to heaven

stripedcat wrote 4 weeks ago: You may have navigated among my links here on the right hand side, so you know that two of them are … more →

Tags: Art Deco, Bauhaus, art deco stairs, catladder, Chefchaouen, DDR design, hitch hiking in Morocco, Spiral Stairs, Stairporn

Berlin: number 10 best city in the world!1 comment

stripedcat wrote 1 month ago: Berlin moves up by 4 positions, from 14th to 10th Best Place Where to Live! Have a look at this week … more →

Tags: multikulti, Berlin, Monocle, FT, Tyler Brule, ranking best cities, mercer's, EIU, Economist Intelligence Unit

Silk Road & Other Notes

kweyant wrote 1 month ago: I’ve been reading my contributor’s copy of Silk Road: A Journal of Place.  Silk Road is … more →

Tags: Acceptances, Silk Road, Hobble Creek Review

KareKare and Piha: Powerful Places

mtnspirit wrote 1 month ago: The Power of Place – Two Black Sand Beaches near Auckland Exude Energy and Ayni* The Big Easy … more →

Tags: Environment, Holistic/Spiritual, spirituality, New Zealand, Power of Place, Traveling, Mountain Spirit Institute, Piha Beach, Quechua

moscow: crimson red

stripedcat wrote 1 month ago: Lots to tell about Moscow 11 years after my first trip…but wait, I have to recover my photos f … more →

Tags: soft+drinks, Mein Mann, Trains, multikulti, Travel, Moscow

Murder Duet, by Batya Gur1 comment

Barry wrote 1 month ago: Israeli crime novelist Batya Gur, who died far too young in 2005, was a writer of rare skill in deve … more →

Tags: Characters, Barry's Picks, Mysteries, Crime Fiction, Language focus, Books, readers' advisory

münchen: electric blue perfectionism1 comment

stripedcat wrote 1 month ago: München. After the no-man’s-land of CDG 1, Munich airport is just a continuation of Lufthansa … more →

Tags: Travel, Moscow, Lufthansa, Munich, bmw Z4, big hubs

Lead So I Can Follow, by Harold Adams

Barry wrote 1 month ago: Times are tough now, and lots of folks are suffering through economic problems. In his Carl Wilcox s … more →

Tags: Characters, Clever dialogue, Barry's Picks, Mysteries, Setting, Crime Fiction, Books, readers' advisory

Detective Inspector Huss, by Helene Tursten

Barry wrote 1 month ago: For clear and lyrical writing, a unique setting, and fascinating characters, it is hard to beat Swed … more →

Tags: Barry's Picks, Books, Characters, Crime Fiction, Mysteries, readers' advisory

berlin: pink pink pink!

stripedcat wrote 1 month ago: So this is my first Pfingstein in Berlin. Pink pink pink Berlin. My friends in the Bezirk had told … more →

Tags: Friends, Berlin, Schoeneberg, Mauer, Inspiring, cappuccino, Rathaus Schoeneberg, Volkspark, rabbits in Berlin

Grave Goods, by Ariana Franklin1 comment

Barry wrote 1 month ago: Many readers of series fiction hope that over the course of the stories the characters will grow and … more →

Tags: Barry's Picks, Books, Characters, Crime Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mysteries, readers' advisory


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