tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72447293637508499182024-03-19T14:24:21.184-07:00La Casa Chica...the little house...the enchanted house...the home of the beloved childUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244729363750849918.post-53467739381364998282010-09-27T22:00:00.000-07:002011-09-06T06:17:14.910-07:00Editorializing about Kids and CommunityLa Casa Chica provides a good vantage point from which to make sense of efforts going on in the broader community, as relate to kids. Click <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100927/COLUMNIST/9271005">here</a> to read what I had to say about the recent Children's Movement rally that took place here in Sarasota.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This month, neighborkids have been busy creating their own version of the beach caravan. They've spent hours and hours making signs and spreading the word throughout the neighborhood. </div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When Mr. Ned and his family found out about it, they said they wanted to be a part too. They offered to contribute their limousine for the day! </div><br />
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Kids helped to get stuff ready for the big day...even some kids who did not actually go on the caravan!<br />
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And then it happened. <br />
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History reborn.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244729363750849918.post-55905863843359476612010-09-17T22:00:00.000-07:002011-09-11T09:57:27.082-07:00Hanging Out as NeighborsKids went back to school last month, and less than a month later, it feels like getting back together here on the block is already long overdue! On Friday, Dalisha and Dareeona asked if "the girls" could get together like we used to, which of course meant we needed to go pick up Holly, who now lives five miles away from our block on 15th Street but will always be a Central-Cocoanut neighbor at heart. Phone service was down, so we weren't able to call ahead. Fortunately when we dropped by her house she was there and able to come over, so the four of us headed back to the block on 15th Street. Can you tell by the level of silliness how excited the girls were to see each other again?<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Back home in Central-Cocoanut, the girls got busy creating a celebration - baking pizza, making tea and lighting candles. Then Dalisha said it was time for a toast. She explained that "a toast is when we cheer each other after you get done saying something that you really want to say." </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div>So here's what everybody's toasts were tonight:</div><div><br />
</div><div>"A toast to the girls night!"</div><div>"Cheers for the Cheetah girls!"</div><div>"Happy to see Miss Allison!"</div><div>"Happy to see Holly, Dalisha, and Darry!"</div><div>"To a great school year for all of the Neighborhood Scavenger Hunters!"</div><div><br />
</div><div>A few days later, it was the boys who stopped by - Quay and others who dropped in to reconnect. </div><div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dropping by, hanging out, with no agenda, just to say hello -- this is what it means to be neighbors. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next they dropped off signs with fellow neighborkids on Panama Dr. and Janie Poe Dr. to spread the word throughout the neighborhood. </div><br />
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We're establishing quite a record when it comes to neighborkid-led block parties. How cool is that? Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244729363750849918.post-62248075236742122522010-08-14T22:00:00.000-07:002011-09-05T18:56:34.472-07:00The Love of Sharing<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">This morning there was a knock at the door – it was Amorie, and he was excited to tell me that the church one block away was sharing food with all of us as neighbors. He insisted that we go check it out together. That is so like Amorie – whenever he comes across a great opportunity, his first response is to go tell others so they can benefit from it too. We headed over together and soon the exploration became a full-fledged neighborhood scavenger hunt, so you can read more about it on the Central-Cocoanut blog. Here are a few pics:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>What impressed me this morning was how delighted Amorie was by having this food share here in the neighborhood, right down the street, and how his natural inclination was not simply to take the food that was offered, but to make sure other neighbors found out about it, and to contribute as well. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Amorie is a great example of a real-deal community-builder, and I have much to learn from him. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244729363750849918.post-88264517724363909022010-08-08T22:00:00.000-07:002011-09-11T10:01:19.761-07:00One in Food, One in LifeTonight there was a knock at the door and then...surprise! The D's brought me a plate for dinner! Their mom, Ms. Donna, made mac & cheese (my all-time favorite), baked ham, mashed potatoes, and apple pie for dessert. Yum, what a special treat! Neighbors have come to know two things about me: I love to eat, and I'm not much of a cook (though I'm determined to learn!) <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Wow, it means a lot to know that neighbors keep me in mind, sharing homemade dinner and other good stuff. There is a saying: "Those who are one in food are one in life." Yep, I'd say so. </div><div><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244729363750849918.post-32615157002261791072010-08-07T22:00:00.000-07:002011-09-05T16:46:30.523-07:00Well-Loved Homes<!--StartFragment--> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal">This afternoon, Da’Sean was looking for something to do so he decided to take the neighborhood camera and photograph the houses on our block.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s what he came up with:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These pics communicate a lot about the street we live on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They show that we live in mostly single-story, single-family homes, with driveways, front lawns and greenery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They show that yards on our street are generally well-kept, though not typically pumped up with sprinkler systems or fertilizer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They show that front porches and front stoops are pretty common, with some folks preferring to keep neighbors at a distance with fences while other folks welcome people to stop by and chat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“Housing conditions” are often recognized as an environmental domain that influences child well-being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Typically, though, measures and indicators of housing are problem-focused. Take, for example, this report titled, “<a href="http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/19/4/43570328.pdf">Doing Better for Children</a>,” issued last year by OECD, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Indicators include things like “overcrowding,” “noise levels,” “litter," "dirt and grime,” and “vandalism.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><!--StartFragment--> <div class="MsoNormal">What if instead we were to see housing quality through the eyes of our neighborkids, and find corresponding positive indicators?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Things like “outdoor play space,” “opportunities for gardening,” “spots to chat with neighbors” and “welcome signs?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What might we better notice by focusing on the positive, the way kids do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><!--EndFragment--> <div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">Did you know that hundreds of wedding bands are buried throughout our neighborhood?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s true! </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">When heading to work this morning, I encountered Mr. Ryan and some other men working on the new telephone poles on the corner of Central and 15<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They took a few minutes to explain what they were doing, and to offer some words of wisdom for neighborkids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Click on this video to see and hear what they had to say!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Wouldn’t it be neat if we could have conversations like this with all of the folks who spend time and energy working in our neighborhood?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><!--EndFragment--> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244729363750849918.post-34832084918784774732010-07-14T22:00:00.000-07:002011-09-05T16:18:03.135-07:00Seafood Social<!--StartFragment--> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal">For the past few months, I’ve been going to one of the two churches in our Central-Cocoanut neighborhood:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Payne Chapel A.M.E. Church on 19<sup>th</sup> and Central, which is four blocks away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The folks of this church host lots of fundraisers to keep the church going strong, and today it was a seafood dinner, hosted by Ms. Adele up on Walker Circle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Neighborkids Da’Sean and Dareeona drove over with Tim and me to pick up a couple of dinners.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Amorie then joined us for an impromptu feast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Crabs are a favorite food and special treat here on the block.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though I’ve eaten crabs at earlier points in my life – back in college, and when my grandparents had a house on the bay at the Jersey shore – it’s been a while.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amorie was especially entertained by the difficulties I was having getting the meat out of the claws.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Suddenly tables were turned, and I found myself being video’d by Amorie!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With a bit of consultation from the neighborkids, I soon was able to get to the good stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yummy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">The more we connect as neighbors, the more birthdays we seem to be celebrating on the block!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This weekend, neighborkid Amorie dropped by with a reminder that it soon will be his cousin Deandre’s birthday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we thought together about how to mark the occasion, Amorie pulled out a bag with small toys and favors like superballs, kazoos, and mazes in it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Originally, this was a prize bag for neighborhood parties, but Amorie suggested that one or two of these prizes could be wrapped up for Deandre for his birthday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the heels of that idea, he suggested that for each neighborkid’s birthday, a couple of toys could be wrapped up as presents by fellow neighborkids, and then delivered to the birthday girl or boy as a surprise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Amorie then picked out and wrapped a couple of toys for Deandre and placed them on the windowsill for Deandre to discover the next time he visits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see what comes of this latest innovation!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br />
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</o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Amorie’s actions are a great example of how “<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Happier people give more and giving makes people happier.</span>”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what folks at the Harvard Business School reported in the paper they published last year titled, “<a href="http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-012.pdf">Feeling Good about Giving</a>.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amorie was thrilled by his idea of giving presents to Deandre and his fellow neighborkids, and this idea grew out of delight, not out of feeling sorry for anybody.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">What would it mean to follow Amorie’s example in a variety of ways here at La Casa Chica, and on the block in Central-Cocoanut?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hmm…</div><!--EndFragment--> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244729363750849918.post-69498861180947372252010-07-05T22:00:00.000-07:002011-09-05T16:06:29.485-07:00Welcome Neighbor-baby Jasper!<!--StartFragment--> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal">Today I had an amazing opportunity to be a part of a special moment on the block.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Winton, who lives across the street, asked if I could give him a ride to Sarasota Memorial Hospital to pick up his wife and newborn son.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wow – talk about an honor!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got there and had a chance to visit with Nicole and little Jasper before they were discharged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">When mom and baby arrived, neighborkids started jumping up and down with excitement, and then ran over to greet our newest little neighbor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is a pic of a sacred moment on the block…Jasmine seeing her baby brother Jasper for the first time:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div>That's how Darry alerted me to this bird in the empty lot across the street, two doors down, today. (She snapped the cell phone pic.)</div><div><br />
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<div>Here is a song about some birds who take back their neighborhood, in honor of Darry's discovery: </div><div><br />
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</div><div>Keep watching...a similar story will be told of & about neighborkids of Central-Cocoanut someday soon...<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244729363750849918.post-37102902007743552522010-06-14T22:00:00.001-07:002011-09-05T09:42:27.675-07:00Scavenger Hunting & Neighborhood BloggingThe 2010 "season" of scavenger hunting has now started! Here are a few pics from the kick-off barbecue and also the first hunt.<br />
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This year we are going to try to use neighborhood blogging as a way to share the discoveries of the neighborhood scavenger hunters. We've been accepted as a beta test neighborhood for "<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_709291246">Neigh</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_709291246">b</a></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_709291246">or</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.neighborlogs.com/">logs</a></span>," a neat online blogging platform that makes it possible to share and also map stories by neighbors. Neighborlogs is described as an innovative technology for "community-driven, neighborhood-focused, sustainable sites," and Central-Cocoanut is the only neighborhood in Florida (as far as we know!) that has been invited to join as a test site. <br />
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All to say - instead of looking to the "La Casa Chica" blog for details about scavenger hunting this summer, check out the Central-Cocoanut neighborhood blog <a href="http://centralcocoanutsarasota.neighborlogs.com/">here</a>! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244729363750849918.post-79478791979512332452010-06-14T22:00:00.000-07:002011-09-05T19:46:17.436-07:00Kid-to-Kid ReadingThe importance of reading...we hear about it all the time. Usually, the focus is on encouraging grown folks to read to kids. What I've come to realize, though, is that when there are books around, kids read to kids! Today that's what happened when Dareeona and Chunk Chunk stopped by: <br />
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This summer, the neighborhood scavenger hunters are working on putting together a website to share ideas and discoveries, and the video clip of Dareeona reading to Chunk Chunk is posted there too. If you want to check it out, click <a href="mailto:http://www.trunity.net/neighborhoodscavengerhunters/">here</a>. The D's mom, Donna, checked it out herself on the laptop - that's one proud mom:<br />
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So how might we rethink approaches to promoting "early literacy," to make the most of all the naturally occurring kid-to-kid reading, teaching and learning that's going on? Maybe we could take a few hints from Sugata Mitra, and the "Hole in the Wall" efforts he's leading in India, posted on TED <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_themselves.html">here</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244729363750849918.post-34278519502597505342010-06-07T22:00:00.000-07:002011-09-05T16:55:31.649-07:00School's Out!Nothing quite matches the exuberance expressed by kids on the last day of school. Here's what that looked like today on the block when I opened the front door:<br />
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Kids of different grades, different schools, and different ages (including preschoolers!) marking the occasion with impromptu dancing, flipping, and singing. Yay! <br />
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Earlier in the day, I decided to head over to Gocio, the elementary school that most kids in the neighborhood are zoned to attend. I spotted Shy'Yah graduating from 5th Grade, with family members (including her cousin Ray Ray) there to honor her.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Earlier in the week I headed over to Gocio to check out the Renaissance Awards, too, since I'd heard that some of our neighborkids would be honored there as well. Ray Ray's brother James was a big winner, along with Amorie, Holly, and others. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>What if we begin thinking about neighborhood-school collaboration in terms of partnership that is initiated by neighbors, rather than by schools? What new possibilities might we imagine then? Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244729363750849918.post-47709215199809789802010-05-30T22:00:00.000-07:002011-09-05T07:39:49.671-07:00Silly Bands On the BlockHave you ever spotted something that you sense, from the moment you first encounter it, is something worth paying attention to? That's what it felt like today when Tamiyah proudly showed me these:<br />
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Evidently, these are called "silly bands." They are brightly colored rubber bracelets in different shapes, and some of the other kids were wearing some too. Is Tamiyah an "early adopter?" Will these bracelets become all the rage here on the block? We shall see...! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244729363750849918.post-83709469333731402732010-05-29T22:00:00.000-07:002011-09-05T07:40:56.533-07:00D&D Dinner x 2This month, the neighborkids of honor in Central-Cocoanut are Dalisha and DuShun -- both soon-to-be fifth-graders. They proposed that since they are older than neighborkids who have been honored so far, their celebration ought to include two kinds of dinners -- the "traditional" neighborhood dinner, and also a double-date of sorts. Curious to see what might develop, we said - why not? <br />
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Together, Dalisha and DuShun scoped out the restaurants of Sarasota for the double-date, and decided upon O'Leary's Tiki Bar & Grill, which is only 1.7 miles and 5 min. (by car) from our block. <br />
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Then Tim and I were honored to be chosen as fellow dinner-mates. Here are some pics of everyone enjoying the evening.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dalisha invited Mr. Hugh too, whom she knows from the CSO Dinners. He brought neat packages of scavenger hunting supplies for Dalisha and DuShun, and one for the whole group of Neighborhood Scavenger Hunters. He also brought something incredibly special that his daughter (who is now in college) asked him to bring along: her childhood pencil collection! Hugh's daughter collected hundreds and hundreds of pencils when she was a kid. When she heard about the neighborhood scavenger hunters, and heard that her dad was one of the invited guests, she decided that the scavenger hunters would be a great group to take over her prize collection. Wow, what an honor! How's that for GenY-Z connection? </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244729363750849918.post-70393081426863235732010-05-19T22:00:00.000-07:002011-09-05T06:00:00.617-07:00CSO Dinner with Our Neighbor Ms. ValerieThis month's Community Self-Organizing Dinner featured our neighbor, Ms. Valerie Buchand. Ms. Valerie has been a long-time resident leader in the Janie Poe public housing development at the north end of our neighborhood. Her advocacy led to the mixed-income and mixed-use redevelopment of the area - now called Janie's Gardens. One of the new streets in our neighborhood is named after her -- Valerie Way! <br />
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As neighborkids served pizza they had baked, Ms. Valerie told us about the kids of Janie Poe and Janie's Gardens who come to her house to make dinner together and play games. They have named themselves the Mighty Mights, and they are figuring out how to organize themselves as a formal group, with officers and official meetings. <br />
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Ms. Valerie suggested that someday soon the two groups of kids could connect and work together as fellow neighbors. Then I bet we'll be able to see all sorts of natural connections that already exist among the kids of Central-Cocoanut! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244729363750849918.post-55454519570707407922010-05-15T22:00:00.000-07:002011-09-04T19:34:24.287-07:00Naturalists on the BlockThese days spring is busting out all over, which means there are lots of opportunities to check out nature here on the block. Today when I got home, Da'Sean, Holly and Dareeona proudly showed me the bug box they created, and their latest insect discoveries:<br />
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Later, I heard some excitement out front -- this time it was a bunch of kids figuring out together how to investigate a slug they just found:<br />
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The wild hibiscus is now flowering, too, so Amorie and Holly are tracking the ways the blossoms change colors over time.<br />
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Neighborkids are everyday scientists, making the most of nature on the block. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244729363750849918.post-92221365362930089842010-05-13T22:00:00.000-07:002011-09-05T07:41:46.112-07:00Neighborkids Start Microlending On the BlockThe kids who will be honored at this month's Neighborkid Dinner are Dalisha and DuShun. Dalisha is already thinking about what outfit she wants to wear, and concluded that she really wants a new pair of fancy shoes. She asked if she could borrow some money, and this led to the impromptu invention of a neighborkid loan option using the money in the scavenger hunters' cash box, which is money that the neighborhood scavenger hunters made at the yard sale a few months back. <br />
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Since the money belongs to the Neighborhood Scavenger Hunters as a group, Dalisha called a meeting of scavenger hunters to discuss the possibility of establishing the loan option. It took some time to explain the concept, with a little help from me, but finally everybody got it, and said yes, let's start with one person and see how it goes!<br />
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Dalisha wrote down how much money she is borrowing, on what date, for what purpose, to be paid back by what date. <br />
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With $20 in hand, she was ready for shoe shopping! Here's Dalisha trying on an especially fancy pair.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Who would have thought that the <i>neighborkids </i>would be the first folks to start up micro-lending here in Central-Cocoanut! </div><br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244729363750849918.post-70541003622410487722010-05-12T22:00:00.000-07:002011-09-04T20:28:56.369-07:00Rest in Peace, SnickersA sad day here on the block -- Gus' best buddy Snickers died. These two were the closest of neighbor-pups ever since they were tiny. <br />
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The D's are especially sad, as Snickers was their dog. Here are Darry and Dalisha reading the sympathy card that neighborkids gave them:<br />
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When pets die, neighbors are close enough to notice, close enough to grieve together, and close enough to comfort one another. Kids really seem to get this. <br />
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Rest in peace, Snickers. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244729363750849918.post-63701590746380313052010-05-07T22:00:00.000-07:002011-09-04T19:11:56.059-07:00A School Visit with Neighbors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Since different parts of our 50-block neighborhood are zoned for different elementary schools, not all the kids go to the same school. Kids play together everyday on the block, though, so they hear about each other's schools. This weekend, when the D's invited us to come to the spring fair at their school, Fruitville Elementary, Holly and I were eager to check it out. Once we arrived, Holly quickly spotted Dalisha, and hopped in line with her so they could get their hair spray painted. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div>Wow, we live in such a beautiful place. <br />
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Today was the birthday celebration for neighborkid brother/sister duo Amorie and Shyya. Their parents and extended family hosted a pool party for them at the La Quinta Inn, on the other side of Route 41, across the street from our neighborhood. Gus and I were lucky enough to be invited, so we showed up with a few noodles to join in the fun. While Gus hung out in the shade under a jasmine bush, I snapped some pictures of the festivities. I didn't realize how many of our neighborkids are talented swimmers!<br />
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I can just imagine all the great memories everybody will have of this celebration. <br />
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Thanks and happy birthday, Amorie and Shyya!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244729363750849918.post-71750641754008332612010-04-30T22:00:00.000-07:002010-05-04T04:39:20.338-07:00Celebrating Student Art in Our Neighborhood<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This evening, Tim and I headed up to the Ringling College of Art and Design, which is at the north end of our neighborhood, to check out the senior student projects. As I walked around the campus (for the first time ever), my mind was filled with ideas about how we might further develop the unique potential that relates to having an art college in our own neighborhood. </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p>In addition to the students who were exhibiting their work, there were many of the students’ friends, family and community members there to tour the exhibits and to celebrate the students’ accomplishments. </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;">Wouldn’t it be neat if we, as neighbors, were to similarly attend end-of-year exhibits and celebrations at the elementary, middle and high schools that our neighborkids attend? And the reverse, too – for classmates, school teachers and staff to come celebrate students’ accomplishments here in the neighborhood.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;">Here are some pics of Tim checking out some of the exhibits.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Wouldn’t it be neat to connect with some of the talented illustrators, animators, and graphic designers who are part of our neighborhood (by virtue of their being Ringling students/faculty/staff), so that we might together bring to life some of the innovative ideas that our neighborkids have been generating? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;">And here is a Ringling student whose last name is “Jones,” just like Amorie. She created a self-promotional graphic design election sticker that says, “Jonesing for [name].” When we told her that one of our neighbors, Amorie, also has the last name of “Jones,” she made this election sticker for him. Can you see what it says? “Jonesing for Amorie Jones.” <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p> So does this now mean there’s only one degree of separation between the neighborkids and the Ringling folks? Probably not quite yet, but it seems worth paying attention to all the ways in which this weak tie might become strengthened…especially given the artistic talent among both groups of students...</o:p></span><br />
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