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Blue & his Bread
The other night, I stopped on a street near my house in Gillespie Park to take some photos. The light was in that beautiful shift between evening and nighttime and I just couldn’t resist. Walking back to my car, I noticed a man sitting out in his yard. I said to myself, “If he looks [...]
Are we thinking “out-of-the-box”?
How many times a week do you hear someone refer to “out-of-the-box” thinking? It is not unusual for me to hear or say these words very frequently. This may be another of those phrases that has lost its meaning from overuse. At a meeting this week I noticed that this phrase may be familiar but [...]
The Racial Crossroads?
At SCOPE, we have been thinking about the shooting at the Hollywood 20 and about our response, as individuals and as a community. It has been difficult for me to sort out all the different threads of my thoughts into a coherent blog post.
Then, I found this video that addresses some of the things I [...]
I care about this and thought you might too
I am sure that you are distressed over the recent violence at the Hollywood 20, just as I am. I hope that there might be some attempt to think about the appropriate community response that will diminish the likelihood that the environment will worsen and that violence will escalate.
I care about this and thought you [...]
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 [...]