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BETWEEN TWO LAKES: Can playgrounds save our souls?

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This will generate Open Graph meta tags for t. May Picnic in the Park. Can playgrounds save our souls? My kids and I have started 'reviewing' Madison playgrounds. I'll be sharing our thoughts here. Thanks to many of you who pointed me to Sharon Gamson Danks. Talks earlier this month in Madison. Sharon promotes 'living' schoolyards, explaining that the term immediately brings people on to her side. Who, after all, wants a dead schoolyard? Tenney Park: 37 acres in which to roam. According to the City of Ma...

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BETWEEN TWO LAKES: A Modest Approach to Killing Trees

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This will generate Open Graph meta tags for t. May Picnic in the Park. A Modest Approach to Killing Trees. I am panicking at the prospect of losing our trees. The urban forest we take for granted is under attack. Bugs from one direction, chain saws from another. Emerald Ash Borer is moving through. Some ash trees. Will be hit and die, others will be cut down pre-emptively. It’s a complicated situation further complicated by the realities of money and the City budget. There are three categories of trees:.

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BETWEEN TWO LAKES: Calling All Fools: Sunday, June 14th

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This will generate Open Graph meta tags for t. May Picnic in the Park. Calling All Fools: Sunday, June 14th. Coming up this Sunday is the best party on water I know about! The kids want to dress as pirates this year and we've been practicing our pirate accents for weeks. It is organized by my buddy Helen. And her fabulous organization, River Alliance of Wisconsin. And it is a ton of fun. You have two choices: Get in a boat or stand on the shore smiling while the parade paddles past. To join the parade:.

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BETWEEN TWO LAKES: Yahara River Projects

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This will generate Open Graph meta tags for t. May Picnic in the Park. Reflections from the Banks of the Yahara River. A public art exhibition during the summer of 2014. The signs point the way, and they are what remain of a temporary art installation that was organized by myself and my friend Helen Sarakinos. I'm very proud of the project. We put out a call for submissions, not knowing what we'd get. What came in were amazing ideas from local artists. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Subscribe in a reader.

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BETWEEN TWO LAKES: Reynolds Park Projects

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This will generate Open Graph meta tags for t. May Picnic in the Park. Friends of Reynolds Park. Are working to make our park more friendly and fun for all our neighbors. Read more from me about Reynolds Park here. Is a full city block of greenspace just down the hill from the Wisconsin State Capitol. Madison, Wisconsin has 260 parks, which ranks the city number one for parks-to-people ratio. Rent and that number is growing. As more high-rise buildings are going in all around the park. At the 2013 Tenney...

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BETWEEN TWO LAKES: This is no typical school garden & the story of too much compost

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This will generate Open Graph meta tags for t. May Picnic in the Park. This is no typical school garden and the story of too much compost. You have probably noticed the raspberries. Even if you don't have school-age kids, if you have walked on the 1000 block of East Dayton, the ripe red berries are hard to miss. They poke through the chain-link fence surrounding the Lapham Elementary School garden like a lure during the summer. It might say something like:. Special grants have funded the garden expansion...

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BETWEEN TWO LAKES: Balloons, Ice Cream, and Dancing: Celebrating Success and looking to 2016

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This will generate Open Graph meta tags for t. May Picnic in the Park. Balloons, Ice Cream, and Dancing: Celebrating Success and looking to 2016. To everyone who helped to make the Party in the Park. So many people helped, so many people came, so many people donated generously. We are very grateful to, and proud of, this Tenney Lapham neighborhood. With the money raised at the Party in the Park. We will pay for the treatment of all four ash trees. And we will donate $1,000 to Lapham Elementary School.

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BETWEEN TWO LAKES: Party like you're in the Band: June 27th at Reynolds Park

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This will generate Open Graph meta tags for t. May Picnic in the Park. Party like you're in the Band: June 27th at Reynolds Park. I am really excited about the Party in the Park on June 27th at Reynolds Park. One look at the schedule of activities and you'll understand why. And it has been a beautiful thing to be a part of planning. If you are going to go to meetings in your free time, these are the kind of people you want to make to-do lists with. If anyone is looking for. At the Party in the Park.

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BETWEEN TWO LAKES: Meet the Puppet Man: Saturday at the Party in the Park!

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This will generate Open Graph meta tags for t. May Picnic in the Park. Meet the Puppet Man: Saturday at the Party in the Park! CLICK HERE for SCHEDULE. There will be some. Fun stuff at the Party in the Park. And all of it has been organized for and by neighbors. This is very home grown. For example, home-brewed beer available only at the Party in the Park. The kegs will be tapped and volunteers will be ready to take your generous donations. The money collected will to Lapham Elementary School. If you've ...

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BETWEEN TWO LAKES: Eaux Claires Music Fest: The Art of Inspiring 22,000 Beating Hearts

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This will generate Open Graph meta tags for t. May Picnic in the Park. Eaux Claires Music Fest: The Art of Inspiring 22,000 Beating Hearts. Mark and I just got home from a kid-free weekend at the Eaux Claires Music Fest. The gathering is the project of Justin Vernon. Who grew up in Eau Claire, WI, and got famous with two excellent Bon Iver. Albums (for pronunciation, see above). He told Spin Magazine. That the Eaux Claires festival was. I can't help but think about The Party in the Park. A block party I ...