Kornfeld, Kornblit, Kornprobst.
All the KOR- names on the books on hold at the Brooklyn Public Library.
The one there for me is Dave Egger’s Zeitoun which I’ve zoomed through in the past few days. It’s wonderful and outrageous (as in “that’s an outrage!”).
On Thursday, I took the S-Q combo of trains to Ditmas Park to hang out with the cluster of wonderful humans that live in a house (which might be against the rules), pick up my car, and settle Catan. I took my new camera (a Canon G11) for the ride–I’m so pleased with how it works in low light!
The shuttle stop by me is called Botanic Garden even though it’s not the closest stop to the Botanic Garden and it’s connected to the 2/3/4/5 Franklin Ave. I don’t know how things got named.
Yellow socks and the yellow lego-like subway stripe. I really like that if you look closely, is says “Amoreille” in dots in the top right.
This little girl was totally vamping for the camera.
Then we drank wine and played The Settlers of Catan. Jamie won.
Okay, I know I’m late to get into Lady Gaga’s amazing clothes and such, but I’ve come around. And this telephone hat from the Telephone video is so awesome.
I went to New Orleans in January, leading a Hillel group through Jewish Funds for Justice to work with Rebuilding Together.
What that means is that me, my rad co-leader Getzel, and 24 CUNY undergrads went to New Orleans and rebuilt some houses. We heard from speakers, took tours, wandered the city, held reflection sessions, and learned to use power saws and what “fireblocking” is.
I’m going back this week. New group of participants, new building project, same city. Same issues.
I’m reading Hell or High Water this week to get ready. It’s unpacking what we mean when we say that Hurricane Katrina was a racial disaster. The chapter I’m on now is about the history of disaster management and why FEMA was so unable to really respond. It will feel good to have more answers, and more things to discuss on this upcoming trip.
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