Monthly Archives: March 2009

Dancing about architecture

Posted on Monday, 30 March 2009 by David Gorsline

Melissa Block remembers the brilliant street photographer Helen Levitt, who left us this past weekend at the age of 95. Levitt proved to be a less than voluble interview subject. I asked her why it was hard to talk about … Continue reading →

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An observation

Posted on Wednesday, 25 March 2009 by David Gorsline

So every evening I walk down New York Avenue to my subway station, and I see the queue of travelers with their rollage waiting for the BoltBus or the Megabus. These days the buses are using the parking lot that … Continue reading →

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At the park: 25

Posted on Tuesday, 24 March 2009 by David Gorsline

Amy Gardner gives a brief update on plans for the water control structure at Huntley Meadows Park, and visits with Harry Glasgow of the Friends group. She misrepresents a bit when she writes “King rail, hooded merganser and pied-billed grebes … Continue reading →

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At the park: 24

Posted on Sunday, 22 March 2009 by David Gorsline

When I was a kid, attending Saturday morning training to be confirmed in the faith as a Lutheran, we would take a break at mid-morning. The second year of this training was led by the pastor of this brassbound Missouri … Continue reading →

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Maryland wetlands

Posted on Tuesday, 17 March 2009 by David Gorsline

Our second and final field trip for class took us to southern Maryland to two wetlands, one salt and one fresh. First stop was at a saltmarsh on St. George Island in St. Mary’s County. As Gary demonstrated by digging … Continue reading →

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Close reading

Posted on Friday, 13 March 2009 by David Gorsline

Rob Kapilow deconstructs Stephen Sondheim’s war horse “Send in the Clowns.” Sometimes the people we think we know best are the people we know least.

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Some links: 37

Posted on Monday, 9 March 2009 by David Gorsline

I really didn’t intend this to become the Facebook Sux Blog, but I have to spread the link karma to Matt Labash’s jeremiad (via Arts & Letters Daily) and Mike Booth’s video satire (via Gleeful Gecko). I told him he … Continue reading →

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Prince William Forest Park

Posted on Sunday, 8 March 2009 by David Gorsline

We took the first of two field trips that are part of Gary Evans’ Introduction to Ecology at the Graduate School, USDA. We visited two sites in Prince William Forest Park, the first a farmed-out agricultural area that is undergoing … Continue reading →

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Fairfax Cross County Trail, MM39-MM37

Posted on Sunday, 8 March 2009 by David Gorsline

Just in case anyone is listening, the marker post for the Fairfax Cross County Trail on the south side of Silverbook Road at White Spruce Way is down. It’s especially hard for someone coming from the north side of Silverbook … Continue reading →

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No equal

Posted on Wednesday, 4 March 2009 by David Gorsline

Ulrich stubbornly expanded on this point: “What one needs in life is merely the conviction that one’s business is doing better than one’s neighbor’s. Your pictures, my mathematics, somebody else’s wife and children—everything that can assure a person that he … Continue reading →

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At the park: 23

Posted on Sunday, 1 March 2009 by David Gorsline

Only a light frosting of snow this morning on the still-sleeping woods (the bigger dump is expected this evening). We welcomed three new volunteers to the nest box program, and those of us working the main pond got instant satisfaction, … Continue reading →

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