tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981949.post1278648358870976020..comments2024-03-05T21:04:43.133-05:00Comments on The Cahokian: 10, El Arbolishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750800388443950585noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981949.post-37987857863176703642010-10-15T07:44:56.544-04:002010-10-15T07:44:56.544-04:00freebones I once had a terrific green thumb for in...freebones I once had a terrific green thumb for indoor plants; my last apartment in Chicago was practically a green house. It really does make a difference, especially if you live in an urban area, to have a little bit of something growing inside. I don't keep that many indoor plants any more...Morning glories are quite lovely. Good luck with that.ishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750800388443950585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981949.post-76759218877135241332010-10-14T21:28:56.901-04:002010-10-14T21:28:56.901-04:00plants in general are nice.
i'm trying to coa...plants in general are nice.<br /><br />i'm trying to coax some morning glories to grow inside, but it isn't working. i also have a peace lilly and some standard, generic house plants, plus a flower that has been hanging on to life for months now. <br /><br />my neighborhood (a converted army barracks = cheap and easy to service housing) has tons of trees. since i moved, we have had two big storms, and the branches have fallen and displaced some families for a few days, but the school (yay for grad student housing!) fixes them right up. i have to go saw done a wobbly branch this weekend that threatens the roof over my kitchen!freeboneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131233817153602375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981949.post-82130245827350709572010-10-14T13:11:37.936-04:002010-10-14T13:11:37.936-04:00I keep reading about Detroit with a sort of fascin...I keep reading about Detroit with a sort of fascination. Houses are so cheap there I fantasize about retiring in a small house, letting the entire block around me revert, doing exactly what you describe. Have you been there in the last few years?ishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750800388443950585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981949.post-81516139671393607922010-10-14T12:47:30.555-04:002010-10-14T12:47:30.555-04:00One of the things I loved about Detroit. It is a c...One of the things I loved about Detroit. It is a city of trees. As the city empties out it is rapidly turning back into a forest. Deer and pheasants roam the streets. A legacy of Detroit when it was the workers paradise, sort of. Every MAN could aspire to a decent union job and a little house and yard of his own. (where he could beat his wife and kids in private). Millions of empty little houses have been torn down leaving vacant lots and trees. Young hippies have even been moving back into the city and homesteading empty blocks, planting gardens and orchards. Reminds me of Ken MacLeod's science fiction. As capitalism collapses he imagines open, three way class war between the old working class, the capitalist state and the greens. The workers and the greens form alliances and split for tactical reasons but they are hostile to one another.Your driverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06406948739451124566noreply@blogger.com