Archive for April, 2009
Community Gardening
Once, I lived in a place with a community garden. Now that garden has turned to a patch of weeds and sand.
When I first moved to Sarasota, I lived in an apartment building in Laurel Park. It was close quarters. I lived in half an old carriage house and my front door was 10 feet [...]
Lessons from Geese
We have decided to start a blog at SCOPE. It sounded like a great idea at the time but now comes the actual writing and posting part. Gee, can I do this and resist the temptation to bring out the editorial “spit and polish”? My niece started a blog and did it for three days [...]
On being a catalyst
“Self respect arises only out of people who play an active role in solving their own crises and who are not helpless, passive, puppet-like recipients of private or public services. To give people help while denying them a significant part of the action, contributes nothing to the development of the individual. In the deepest sense [...]
Inauguration Post
This is the inauguration of the SCOPE Blog. It is intended to be a window on what SCOPE staff and those inspired to respond are thinking regarding our community, current “hot” topics and the emergence of community. To be sure, we have not done this before and will likely stumble through the beginning phases with [...]