Saturday was the yearly Turners Falls Block Party, a big event that shuts down Avenue A, the main street in town, and brings out neighbors and friends. These are also the final days of our program, which officially ends Monday. I slept in Saturday morning and got a slow start to the day. I was … Continue reading »
Posted in August 2011 …
The Timeless Image of the Seed
In the organizing I’ve done in the past few years, be it social, food, or environmental justice, the image of planting a seed is an old favorite. Like the aphorism, “Give a man a fish, feed him for a day, teach a man to fish, feed him for his life,” the seed analogy represents starting … Continue reading »
Photoreel continued
Each week, we have a group dinner. Meg, Ryan, and Izzy have all been generous enough to have us over. But this week, we were back at the Cattail Ranch (aka our 4th street apartment or the SoS HQ) for some down south home cookin’ We made it onto the cover of the Greenfield Recorder … Continue reading »
Photo highlights!
It’s a cliche, but a picture may actually be worth a thousand words. What better way to catch up on all of the exciting things we’ve been up to?! Coop Power has kept us busy, air sealing, insulating, and exploring crawl spaces. Erika and Erin taught bookmaking at the Summer Workshop Series to students of … Continue reading »
