Linguist, author, swimmer. 'Our Towns', the book, documentary, & foundation. 'Dreaming in Chinese', the book.
Joined April 2014
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20 Sep 2024
Did your Covid vax experience look like this? Outside. Sunny, warm 72 degrees. Neighbors. Coffee and homemade snickerdoodles. Thanks, Palisades Village, for supporting local community. And thanks, Giant Pharmacy.
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6 Aug 2024
The next step forward for public libraries: Becoming 'sustainable.' What that means and why it matters. (by me). @OurTowns @sustainablelib2 @SDCountyLibrary @SDCLLakeside @ALALibrary @Jamesfallows ourtownsfoundation.org/how-l…
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9 May 2024
Our Towns update on the remarkable surge in local Sustainability projects, reporting, and funding across the US. ourtownsfoundation.org/susta…
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18 Feb 2024
How a local paper informs citizens and encourages them to engage in issues they care about. A model for local journalism. Still in FL. Still reading daily! @OurTowns @HeraldTribune
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14 Dec 2023
Beyond words and pictures. A better, richer way to tell and read stories online. Maps, timelines, sliding images, video, audio enhance well-chosen words. @ArcGISStoryMaps @OurTowns @JamesFallows @charlesriver ourtownsfoundation.org/how-s…
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7 Dec 2023
Recovering lost crab pots and focusing on Charles River dams. Both amazing StoryMaps that Our Towns will feature soon as our winners. Congrats!
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5 Nov 2023
"Boxing is what we do. Community is who we are," says Ian Franklin, CEO of Project Fighting Chance in San Bernardino. Featured in Our Towns HBO documentary. PFC's Terry "the Terrible" Washington, 19, now headed for Olympic trials. @OurTowns
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28 Oct 2023
Mississippi high school students immortalize a forgotten moment of 1960s desegregation.
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4 Oct 2023
Why reading Banned Books out loud matters. Here's what happened in my hometown of DC. #BannedBooksWeek @dcpl @ALALibrary @UrbanLibCouncil @GuillotiNeTheat @OurTowns
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A town's public spaces reveal a lot about what a town values.
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Esri StoryMap competition happening now. This year's theme is Conservation. Here's how to register for September 28 webinar for everything you need to know. @ArcGISStoryMaps @IUCN @OurTowns
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11 Sep 2023
"X, formerly known as Twitter,..."
So, how long will it take for this appositive phrase to disappear? Bets anyone?
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9 Sep 2023
New season. New mission. New website. Check it out and please subscribe to newsletter.
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30 Aug 2023
Remember your high school history teacher? Chuck Yarborough is the gold standard. Listen to this lesson from Chuck. Teacher at MS School Math/Science (MSMS), Emerson Collective Fellow. Friend of Our Towns. @EmCollective @msmsbluewaves @OurTowns @CYarb1
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29 Aug 2023
Soft diplomacy: So proud that HBO ‘Our Towns’ will be screened in Kyiv 9/29. Thanks American Film Showcase, US State Dept, & USC School of Cinematic Arts. Thanks US Emb Ukraine & America House. Congrats West City Films @FilmShowcase @USEmbassyKyiv westcityfilms.com/ourtowns/
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27 Aug 2023
Thanks to the volunteer Turtle Patrol of the Coastal Wildlife Club for their relentless reporting on sea turtle activity. Citizen Science at work in their own communities.
27 Aug 2023
Back to FL's Gulf Coast to check on Deb's 101-yr-old mom (doing great, thanks!) and late season turtle hatches. Looking toward record-breaking numbers in 2023 despite losing some hatches to the very hot and dry summer. Turtle patrol monitoring continues.
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ALT turtle nests on Manasota Key
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25 Aug 2023
Back again up Downeast. Good news from Eastport, Maine. @OurTowns
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23 Aug 2023
A gem of Downeast is Eastport, Maine. Jim and I visited for the 6th time last week to talk about the 'new conventional wisdom' of the value and treasure of smaller towns. Thanks @MaineMonitor, Quoddy Tides, and people of Eastport.
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7 Aug 2023
Here's a brief summer read for you from Our Towns:
7 Aug 2023
Summer Reading:
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28 Jul 2023
Try your e-bike here! Libraries lend books, snow shovels, rakes, games, seeds, hotspots, and so much more. And now: E-bikes. Good for the environment, good for transportation, good for well-being of people.
28 Jul 2023
In Vermont you can "Ditch your car for a week and try out an e-bike — for free. South Burlington residents will be able to check out an e-bike from the South Burlington Public Library for six days." @FallowsDeb @BikeLeague @SafeRoutesNow @OurTowns
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