I’ve been back from Burning Man for a week, and I’m already planning next year’s trip. I may be a girl who loves her oceans, but when you take a dried lakebed and fill it with community and creativity and ridiculous art and cars that look like yachts and butterflies and music that goes 24 [...]
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Protecting the Victory Garden from too much Love
After Slow Food Nation, I stopped volunteering at the Victory Garden. Even though the organization decided to keep the garden open through November—I assume, in response to the intense pressure from visitors who asked, every time I was there, why it would be coming down right after the food festival—I had not been expecting it [...]
People will come (Part III)
On Friday night, I watched Field of Dreams in the actual Field of Dreams. This is Part III of the story, which began with Part I and Part II. Kelly mentioned a couple of times during the event, offhandedly, that she figured a lot of people would leave once Kevin Costner stopped singing. I laughed [...]
People will come (part II)
On Friday night, I watched Field of Dreams in the actual Field of Dreams. This is Part II of the story, which begins here. Keanu Reeves. Bruce Willis. Jared Leto. The roster of actors who have decided their “next career move” ought to be out of Hollywood and into the hot lights of rock and [...]
People will come (part I)
On Friday night, I watched Field of Dreams in the actual Field of Dreams. The story’s too long for a one-day telling. This is just Part I. The sign outside the video store welcomed Dyersville, Iowa’s favorite adopted son: “Welcome back to heaven, Kevin Costner!” My co-worker, Kelly, and I passed the sign after determining [...]
