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This is recent history. Ruby Bridges is 68yrs old and she is still alive.
Emily Conklin is thee definition of a racist Karen, and she is trying to whitewash the history white children learn by erasing a rated PG Disney movie that has already been shown for years in Pinellas County schools, usually as a part of Black History Month.
Two immediate thoughts that come to mind are:
“The people who threw rocks at Ruby Bridges for trying to go to school in 1960 now are upset their grandchildren might learn about them throwing rocks at Ruby Bridges for trying to go to school.”
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“IF BLACK CHILDREN ARE OLD ENOUGH TO EXPERIENCE RACISM, WHITE CHILDREN ARE OLD ENOUGH TO LEARN ABOUT IT”
Look, Ruby Bridges was six years old when racist white parents (men and women) threw rocks and hissy fits because she was trying to get an education. A full year younger than most of the white children who are now being “protected” from learning the truth about what their grandparents did.
I guess these delicate snowflakes are so triggered by the racism of their elders that they need to get the Republican governor to whitewash away the truth.
I’m almost 40yrs old and I used to wonder how it was that in college, white kids my age genuinely believed that Martin Luther King, Jr. died of old age. But somehow, every single Black person my age knew the truth. How does that happen?? This is how it happens. This is a prime example of precisely how that happened and still happens—because to “protect” them from the truth, white kids weren’t taught that he was assassinated. It’s literally no different than raising generations of white kids to believe that 2+2=5. There’s going to be serious problems when they hit the real world. But what can I say? Conservatives like ‘em dumb and ignorant.
Anyway, this is how you get generations of fully grown white adults who truly honestly believe foolishness like “racism is over,” or “Martin Luther King basically ended racism,” or, “we don’t need affirmative action because there is no more racism; if anything it’s white people who are more discriminated against now.” (The majority of white people polled said the same thing in the 1960s too, btw).
Keeping as many white people as possible ignorant of the truth does not happen by accident. It’s very intentional. And that’s not to say that ALL white people are ignorant of the truth. Some of them, like Emily Conklin, know the truth, but just do not care.
And make no mistake: The same white people who want to keep their white children “pure” and “innocent” have ZERO problems criminalizing and sending young Black children directly to jail for even the slightest misbehavior in a classroom.
Evil, racist cowards (redundant, I know).
#politics#emily conklin#republicans#ruby bridges#whitewashing history#erasure#north shore elementary school#black history#crt#critical race theory#book banning#florida#floriduh#ron desantis
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Daily Salinas, a mother in the Miami-area whose complaint about “The Hill We Climb” by Amanda Gorman got it successfully restricted in an elementary school, confessed she did not read the piece she objected to in its entirety. According to Salinas, the poem “is not educational and have indirectly [sic] hate messages.” Gorman’s work, which was performed at President Biden’s Inauguration in 2021, wasn’t the only thing Salinas complained about.
According to the Florida Freedom to Read Project, Salinas—whose two children attend The Bob Graham Education Center in Miami Lakes—also came for “The ABCs of Black History,” “Cuban Kids,” “Countries in the News: Cuba,” and “Love to Langston” for including “references of critical race theory,” “indirect hate messages” and “gender ideology and indoctrination.”
In an interview, Salinas tried to justify her ignorance of the material. “I’m not an expert,” she said. “I’m not a reader. I’m not a book person. I’m a mom involved in my children’s education.” In addition to being admittedly dense, Salinas has also promoted antisemitism on social media and attended rallies featuring members of the Proud Boys.
Even though she has Cuban heritage, the Florida parent used thinly veiled bigotry as an excuse to further oppress other marginalized groups. Sadly, the fact that she stripped her claims of any validity by not reading the material didn’t phase her in the least. The same can be said of Emily Conklin, another Florida parent who complained about the Disney film “Ruby Bridges” being shown in her child’s classroom because she believed it teaches that white people hate Black people.
The film was temporarily banned at North Shore Elementary in St. Petersburg, though Conklin admitted that she never finished the film (she only watched the first 50 minutes of the movie). Ron DeSantis’ Florida governorship has emboldened white supremacist ideology for conservatives who don’t even consume material they claim to be dangerous to their children. His newly announced presidential run will only work to deepen this dystopia.
The right vehemently has attacked anything they deem “woke,” though they have repeatedly failed to define what it even means. As the GOP sharpen their claws and gear up try to take over White House next year, instances like these remind us that they will never rely on reason, intelligence or principle when it comes to policy and legislation. It will always thrive on hate, discrimination and racism—pillars that have upheld the party since its inception.
#us politics#news#republicans#conservatives#2023#florida#book bans#republican family values#republican hypocrisy#The Hill We Climb#Amanda Gorman#Florida Freedom to Read Project#The ABCs of Black History#Cuban Kids#Countries in the News: Cuba#Love to Langston#don't say gay bill#parental rights in education#Ruby Bridges#white supermacists#white supremacy
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Tag game! I haven't actually participated in a while, so thanks to @heymacy and @loftec for the tag!
Name: Arrow
Age: 32
Location: US Midwest
What's one of your go-to karaoke songs? Singing by yourself in the car or in the shower totally counts. Anything old Disney. I'm partial to Part of Your World and Colors of the Wind.
If you had the power to control one of the four elements, which one would it be and why? Earth. Because I like dirt.
Think of one of your defining personality traits - which animal embodies it? North American Opossum. I also scream when cornered and fall asleep/play dead at inopportune moments when anxious.
Are there any fan theories that have stuck with you? Think of the infamous "Scooby and the gang are all actually high"
Wheel of Time: Bela is ta'veren. And a stronger ta'veren than Rand.
(For the uninitiated, ta'veren are ✨main characters✨ of existence itself, and Bela is a horse. The best horse)
Name a movie you watched or a book you read as a kid that you were totally not supposed to watch/read at that age.
Oh my gosh. So so much. I was a voracious reader and did not like being told no...so I stole my mom's Nora Roberts books when I was in like, early to mid elementary school, hid them under my bed until I finished them then snuck them back onto the shelves of the spare room. It was easy because it was also a storage room, and I was the only one who could squeeze through to get close to the shelves lol.
I also started some fantasy series I was too young for but at least those had plots.
Name a food or drink that you totally hated as a kid and now you really like. Wine😂
How about one you still hate? Whipped cream. Or anything else whipped.🤢
What's your least favourite chore? Dishes. If I'm forced to do them by hand I have to wear gloves because ew.
Do you have one that you actually enjoy? Dusting is very satisfying but I rarely do it
And to close it off, share a lyric or two that really resonate with you.
Don't say
We have come now to the end
White shores are calling
You and I will meet again
-Into the West by Annie Lennox, Produced by Howard Shore, from The Return of the King
I feel like I've been away too long to know who's around now that likes these, but if you see this you're tagged!
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Ok I know I don’t post on here but how has no one talked about this.
The girl near the end of Mean Girls where Damian yells “She doesnt even go here” is actually Martha Dunstock from Heathers. She doesn’t go to North Shore so could she go to Westerberg? They both have a lot of feelings and the line of “Can’t we go back to being nice like in elementary school” (I don’t remember the exact line) be a reference to Kindergarten Boyfriend?
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1939 Aerial Photo of the Edgewater area.
The lakefront extension and Lake Shore Drive hasn't gotten past Foster Avenue yet. At left of center is Rosehill Cemetery, and to it's east is Senn High School, it's north wing not yet built. To the south of Rosehill is Winnemac Park with Amundsen High and Chappell Elementary. The prominent shadows at the lake front are the towers of the Edgewater Beach Hotel complex. At the upper left is the former Edgewater Golf Club, now Warren Park. At lower right is St Boniface Cemetery, and the Uptown Theater.
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Peggy Hilliard Nabors, 88, died peacefully in her sleep on July 10, 2023.
Peggy was born to Price and Annie Lou Hilliard in Raleigh, North Carolina. Upon graduating from Bob Jones University, she began teaching high school in Portsmouth, Virginia. One Sunday morning a tall, handsome visitor walked into church carrying a Bible. Peggy and her roommate invited this young Tennessean to their apartment for a home cooked meal. That lunch must have been good, because Peggy cooked for David for the next 49 years.
After moving to Chattanooga as a newlywed, Peggy taught at Lakeside Elementary until she retired from teaching to be a stay-at-home mother. When David retired, together they traveled and lived in Eastern Europe to share the good news of Jesus with teachers through the International School Project. Following David's death, Peggy stayed active spending time with family, friends and neighbors. She was involved at her church, North Shore Fellowship, mentoring young moms. Her Thursday morning Ladies' Bible Study was the highlight of her week…studying God's word with precious friends.
Peggy was preceded in death by her parents, her husband David Nabors, and sister Virginia Sue Jones. She is survived by her children: Robbin Henon (Kirk), Stephen Nabors (Billenda), and Joseph Nabors (Marti). Grandchildren: Teal Nabors Gibson (Zane), Dr. Macall Nabors Wirz (Jacob), Kai Nabors, Blake Sparks, Patrick Sparks (Mariana), Amber Barnes (Josh), Audra Guerrero (Keith Franzen), and Andrew Guerrero. Great grandchildren: Hutch Gibson, Ivan Sparks, Patrick Sparks, Addie Sparks, Emma Sparks, Jensen Barnes, Hazel Barnes and Lotus Guerrero. Sisters-in-law Aprille Quinn, Jo Pelham, and a bevy of nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be at 11:00 am on Saturday, July 22, 2023 in the funeral home chapel of Hamilton Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 4:00 pm until 7:00 pm on Friday, July 21, 2023 and from 9:30 am until time of service Saturday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Mary Ellen Locher Foundation (melfoundation.org) or North Shore Fellowship (nsfellowship.org)
The family thanks Everlan of Hixson, Dominion Senior Living, and Hearth Hospice for the excellent, loving care you gave to Peggy.
#Bob Jones University#BJU Hall of Fame#2023#Obituary#BJU Alumni Association#Class of 1957#Peggy Hilliard Nabors
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Events 11.14 (before 1970)
332 BC – Alexander the Great is crowned pharaoh of Egypt.
1680 – German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680, the first comet to be discovered by telescope.
1770 – James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.
1812 – Napoleonic Wars: At the Battle of Smoliani, French Marshals Victor and Oudinot are defeated by the Russians under General Peter Wittgenstein.
1851 – Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, is published in the USA.
1889 – Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
1910 – Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia, taking off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
1914 – The Joensuu City Hall, designed by Eliel Saarinen, was inaugurated in Joensuu, Finland.
1918 – The Provisional National Assembly of the new republic of Czechoslovakia meets to devise a constitution.
1920 – Pesäpallo, the Finnish version of baseball developed by Lauri Pihkala, is played for the first time at Kaisaniemi Park in Helsinki.
1921 – The Communist Party of Spain is founded, and issues the first edition of Mundo obrero.
1922 – The British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom.
1938 – The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
1940 – World War II: In England, Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.
1941 – World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sinks due to torpedo damage from the German submarine U-81 sustained on November 13.
1941 – World War II: German troops, aided by local auxiliaries, murder nine thousand residents of the Słonim Ghetto in a single day.
1952 – The New Musical Express publishes the first regular UK Singles Chart.
1957 – The "Apalachin meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high-level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee.
1960 – Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.
1965 – Vietnam War: The Battle of Ia Drang begins: The first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces.
1967 – The Congress of Colombia, in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the death of Policarpa Salavarrieta, declares this day as "Day of the Colombian Woman".
1967 – American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.
1969 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.
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Discover Delbrook: Your Dream House for Sale in a Charming Neighborhood
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Milwaukee University School was founded in 1851 as the Milwaukee Educational Association by wealthy German families who sought more comprehensive educational facilities than were then available to their children. Conducted in a rented building on upper East (later N.) Water St., the school had 40 pupils in its opening year. Two years later, the state legislature chartered the association as the German Academy. In the same year, a site was purchased at N. Broadway and E. State St. and a new school was built. Peter Engelmann, the school's director, instituted a broad curriculum in the elementary and higher branches and revolutionized the educational plan by introducing such subjects as gymnastics and manual training long before they were available in public schools. His scientific training at German universities prompted him to add courses in general science and nature study. By 1865, the reputation of the "Engelmann idea" had increased the enrollment to 450. In 1873, the program was further broadened when the director started Milwaukee’s first kindergarten. In 1917 the students voted to change the name of the school from the German-English Academy to Milwaukee University School. The school was located on N. Hartford Ave., when this picture was taken in 1928. Designed by G. J. De Gelleke, the red brick, English colonial structure was built in 1926 at a cost of $500,000. Cornerstones of previous school buildings were placed in this one. The University School now has two North Shore campuses and this building is UWM’s Engelmann Hall. Photograph from the Wisconsin Architectural Archive in the Central Library with information from the Milwaukee Public Library local history collection. An exhibit of drawings and sketches from the Archive is now featured on the Library’s display balcony.
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Early estimates indicate 200 structures damaged in Halifax-area wildfire
Approximately 200 homes or structures have been damaged by the wildfire that began burning Sunday in the Upper Tanatallon, N.S., area, according to preliminary estimates.
The Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) released the estimate Monday night and said the number is based on initial visual inspections by first responders.
The statement says a full assessment of the damage can’t be confirmed yet.
About 16,000 residents in the area have been asked to leave their homes.
The HRM says residents should know more about the damage in the coming days after detailed mapping is done, although it could take longer as the fire is still burning.
Residents can speak with The Insurance Bureau of Canada on Tuesday at the evacuation centre located at the Canada Games Centre in Halifax.
FIRE UPDATE
Early Tuesday morning, the Nova Scotia RCMP warned of heavy smoke conditions at Highway 103 near Exit 5 in Upper Tantallon.
Fire crews continued to work through the night Monday, fighting fires burning in multiple areas.
The wildfire is estimated to cover 788 hectares.
Halifax Deputy Fire Chief David Meldrum said during a news conference Monday evening that firefighters are focused on saving properties and preventing fires from spreading north.
“This fire has not been contained. This fire is not under control,” Meldrum said.
“Today the fire did not spread appreciably, and that is thanks to weather, the work of firefighters on the ground, and the work of the air units from the Department of Natural Resources and Renewables.”
At last update, there were 170 HRM firefighters at the scene, 32 DNRR staff, three helicopters and a waterbomber from Newfoundland and Labrador.
No missing people or injuries have been reported.
EVACUATION ORDERS
Evacuation orders remain in place for residents in the following communities:
Westwood subdivision, Upper Tantallon
Whitehills subdivision, Hammonds Plains
Highland Park subdivision, Yankeetown
Haliburton Hills
Pockwock Road
Glen Arbour
Lucasville Road to Sackville Drive
Maplewood
Voyageur Way
St George Boulevard, including all side streets
McCabe Lake area
Indigo Shores
The Halifax Regional Municipality is reminding residents they are not allowed to return to their homes until municipal authorities say it is safe to do so.
Evacuated residents also must register with 311 via the online form or by calling 1-800-835-6428.
COMFORT CENTRES
The HRM will reopen its two comfort centres at 7 a.m. Tuesday. It says they will remain open until further notice.
Black Point and Area Community Centre at 8579 St Margarets Bay Rd.
Beaver Bank Kinsac Community Centre at 1583 Beaver Bank Rd.
SCHOOL CLOSURES
The Halifax Regional Centre for Education says the following schools are closed Tuesday due to the wildfires and evacuations
Bay View High School
Tantallon Junior Elementary
Tantallon Senior Elementary
Five Bridges Junior High
St. Margaret’s Bay Elementary
Charles P. Allen High
Kingswood Elementary
Hammonds Plains Consolidated
Madeline Symonds Middle School
Harry R. Hamilton Elementary
Millwood Elementary
Millwood High School
Sackville Heights Elementary
Sackville Heights Junior High
POWER
According to the Nova Scotia Power’s outage map, electricity remains disconnected for more than 4,000 customers in the Upper Tantallon and Hammonds Plains areas as of 7 a.m. Tuesday.
FIRE WEBPAGE
The Nova Scotia government continues to update a new webpage with the latest emergency alerts and resource information about the wildfires.
For more Nova Scotia news, visit our dedicated provincial page.
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Even though Ruby Bridges lived a few blocks from the school, her parents initially had reservations about sending their daughter to an all-White school. After all, no one had ever successfully crossed that line before. Ruby and her mother were escorted by four federal marshals to school every day that year. We can see photos of Ruby walking past crowds of White people "screaming vicious slurs at her." Despite the cruelty, Ruby mentioned that the only thing that really frightened her was "when she saw a woman holding a black baby doll in a coffin." Even though Ruby was only a child, she experienced the full brunt of America's racism. Perhaps, the cruelty shown towards Ruby Bridges is why some White parents would rather hide her story than let students discuss her role in history.
One parent petitioned for the removal of a Ruby Bridges film produced by Disney from Florida classrooms, suggesting it would "teach White children to hate Black children." Even though the film had long been part of the Pinellas Country Black History Month lesson plan, efforts to censor historical events that shed light on the experiences of Black Americans have become common in the state. The irony isn't lost on me that the North Shore Elementary parent suggested the story inappropriate for second graders even though Ruby Bridges, who the story centers around, was only six years old when she enrolled in first grade and experienced racial discrimination.
Courage is not a race-neutral concept in America.
The unwillingness of some to view Ruby Bridges as heroic has a lot to do with two competing worldviews. On the one hand, those who believe racial segregation was appropriate or that exhibiting racial bias should be socially acceptable will view Bridges as a troublesome presence, a reminder of how formal systems of racial discrimination impacted Black children. On the other hand, those who view racial discrimination as abhorrent and are interested in seeing racist systems dismantled may view Bridges as a symbol of courage, a reminder of America's potential to become a multiracial democracy that treats citizens equally. Unfortunately, this disparity in belief systems has contributed to a vast censorship movement and the active suppression of stories that show Black Americans' tenacity and courage.
It took the courage of Ruby Bridges and her family to challenge the Jim Crow system, but sadly, this is the type of courage states like Florida don't want us to speak about. Because telling the Ruby Bridges story would require discussing the formalized system of racial discrimination that persisted throughout much of America's history. Black children endure racism, but somehow, White children are too fragile to hear about their experiences is not a neutral perspective; it's creating a type of plausible deniability so that White Americans, once out of school, can insist, "I didn't know about racism because I wasn't taught," all while perpetuating racism. Furthermore, to say the Ruby Bridges story would encourage White students to be racist assumes the worst by implying they would side with parents and students yelling racial slurs rather than Ruby, a six-year-old child experiencing discrimination. You don’t have to be Black to understand how painful it is to be bullied.
...others know precisely what they're doing by boycotting Black history and literature. It's as if they are ashamed that they don't see Ruby Bridges as courageous, that racism prevents them from rooting for a six-year-old little Black girl, so they rather bury her story.
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#emily conklin#politics#ruby bridges#white fragility#courage#republicans#whitewashing history#erasure#revisionist history#education
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'Ruby Bridges' movie under review by Florida school after parent objects the film could teach students that "white people hate black people"
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A film about a Black first grader who integrated an all-White elementary school in the South is under review in a Florida school district after a parent objected to the movie’s use of slurs and argued it could teach students that “White people hate Black people,” according to school officials and documents obtained by CNN.
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'Ruby Bridges' Movie Under Review By Florida School District After Parent Complaint
A film about a Ruby Bridges, a African American first grader who integrated an all-White elementary school in the South is under review in a Florida school district after a parent objected to the movie's use of slurs and argued it could teach students that "White people hate Black people."
A parent of a second grade student at North Shore Elementary in St. Petersburg filed a formal complaint March 6 requesting the removal of the 1998 movie "Ruby Bridges" from the school's list of approved films. This came after the movie was shown to about 60 second-graders on March 2 as part of a Black History Month lesson, Isabel Mascareñas, a spokesperson for Pinellas County Schools.
The parent wrote that the movie is not appropriate for second graders and would be better suited for an eighth grade American history class. The parent objected in part to racial slurs used in the film, depictions of a child placing a noose around a doll's neck and characters threatening a hanging.
After receiving the complaint, "the school will now engage in the formal objection process to review the challenged material," Mascareñas said, citing the district's policies on contested instructional materials.
The movie has not been removed from all district schools and still remains in the district's movie library, she said.
Ruby Bridges, was 6 when she became the first African American student to attend William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans on November 14, 1960. Flanked by four federal marshals, Bridges passed through an angry crowd of White people hurling slurs and protesting her presence after the desegregation of New Orleans schools was ordered by a federal judge -- six years after the Supreme Court made racial segregation in public schools illegal with Brown v. Board of Education. The film is a dramatized retelling of her story. -(source: cnn)
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PHOTO WALK: EXPLORING STRATHCONA, AGAIN
…Holly shorts, it’s Winter! Altho not astronomically or calendrically, but definitely meteorologically, as the temperatures plunged at the turn of December and it was truly, finally, sweater-scarf weather. It had snowed, a lot, and the low temperatures kept it laying on branches and fields, and crust over everything else. Since Autumn here was still on, or seemingly late, parks and woodlands were a delight, as amber leaves still hanging on trees, or scattered on the ground and "crystallized", made for wonderful photos. So, practically, photographically, being out of doors for many hours at a time was also tuque-gloves weather too, which was (is) nice.
If you know me personally, you know that I prefer the cool seasons (or not summer) and totally enjoy taking walks and photographing in those conditions of nature's slumbering, hibernating, and reviving. It is also satisfying to come in from the cold into my still-warm home and feel the flush on my cheeks and nose as I soften up. And I feel the pleasant fatigue in my muscles as I lounge on my sofa for a bit with a warm cuppa.
Then, as always, I take care of the RAW files.
Back to the photo walk, we visited Strathcona again but explored other parts of the neighbourhood, those straddling the Canadian National rail line. This east end of the neighbourhood is a grouping of industrial and residential bits tightly packed together. There are the industrial buildings for printers and brewers, some with murals; the residential blocks separated by courtyards, who's urban design is viewed negatively, but I think they look and work nicely these days; the low, light industrial, boring looking storage-type buildings; the still-cute bungalows and cottages regularly being renovated and looking very nice; a big, nice, masonry-clad school with its nicer clapboard-clad annex; comfy, intimate front yards; a couple of new residential developments (one of them huge!), and, finally, a bodega, Rise Up Marketplace, which has delicious patties and soup too.
In the middle of it all, there is a photogenic, turquoise pedestrian bridge that spans the railway track. It was built after mothers protested, at times on the very same track, when the rail company failed to respond and take seriously their concerns for their children's safety that conveniently crossed the racks to get to the elementary school on the other side. Read more about it here: Militant Mothers of Raymur. Also, the views from the top of the bridge are pretty cool as you can regard both sides of the neighbourhood and northward at the mountains.
The fallen snow was still plentiful along our photo walk. So the railway track, gabled roofs, shrubbery, and North Shore Mountains were well dusted with snow. It was all so pretty. To be fair tho, the spaces about the train track, under the overpass, the narrow spaces bordering the different zones were pretty messy and interesting too, as you shall see below.
It was a pleasant, and pleasantly chilly, photo walk with good company. So, thank you Colin @funktionalphotog, and Don @donsprojects for a fun time and sharing your photographs from our photo walk in Strathcona!
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So, from your friendly neighbourhood photo guide, have a restful holiday season, and a gooder new year! Merry Everything and Happy Always!
And as I always say, to find new angles and different atmospheres of places, you just got to keep being there. I find there is pleasure in photographing together, getting to know each other, and conversing about this and that and photography. Importantly, we can be inspired by each other to keep making meaningful photographs. And it is hoped that these experiences will inspire local photographers to explore the city on their own.
How about you; have you explored the less commonly beautiful areas of Strathcona? What do you like about these inter-zone spaces of the city? Send me an email and tell me what you think.
DP, 2022-12-18
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Delano Island is between Vancouver Island and mainland British Columbia, a straight shot north from Los Angeles. The island is all temperate rain forest and rocky beaches, deer breaking into vegetable gardens and leaping in front of windshields, moss on low-hanging branches, the sighing of wind in cedar trees. In the middle of the island there’s a small lake that Arthur always imagined was formed by an asteroid, almost perfectly round and very deep. One summer a young woman from somewhere else committed suicide there, left her car parked up on the road with a note and walked into the water, and then when divers went after her they couldn’t find the bottom of the lake, or so local children whispered to one another, half-frightened, half-thrilled, although upon reflection, years later, the idea of a lake so deep that divers can’t reach bottom seems improbable. Still, the fact is that a woman walked into a lake that wasn’t large and no one found the body for two weeks despite intensive searching, and the episode sparks up against Arthur’s childhood memories retrospectively and leaves a frisson of darkness that wasn’t there at the time. Because actually from day to day it’s just a lake, just his favorite place to swim, everyone’s favorite place to swim because the ocean is always freezing. In Arthur’s memories of the lake, his mother is reading a book under the trees on the shore while his little brother splashes around with water wings in the shallows and bugs land fleetingly on the water’s surface. For unknown reasons there is a naked Barbie doll buried up to her waist in the dirt on the lake road.
There are children on the island who go barefoot all summer and wear feathers in their hair, the Volkswagen vans in which their parents arrived in the ‘70s turning to rust in the forest. Every year there are approximately two hundred days of rain. There’s a village of sorts by the ferry terminal: a general store with one gas pump, a health-food store, a real-estate office, and elementary school with sixty students, a community hall with two massive carved mermaids holding hands to form an archway over the front door and a tiny library attached. The rest of the island is mostly rock and forest, narrow roads with dirt driveways disappearing into the trees.
In other words, it’s the kind of place that practically no one Arthur encounters in New York, Toronto, or Los Angeles can fathom, and he gets a lot of uncomprehending stares when he talks about it. He is forever trying to describe this place and resorting to generalizations about beaches and plant life. “The ferns were up to my head,” he tells people, performing a gesture that suggests greater and greater height over the years until he realizes at some point in his midforties that he’s describing plants that stand seven or eight feet tall. “Just unbelievable in retrospect.”
“It must’ve been so beautiful” is the inevitable reply.
“It was,” he tells them, “it is,” and then finds a way to change the subject because it’s difficult to explain this next part. Yes, it was beautiful. It was the most beautiful place I have ever seen. It was gorgeous and claustrophobic. I loved it and I always wanted to escape.
–Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
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