Belonging to a Place
On the responsibility that quietly follows from staying in one neighborhood for a long time.
Mentorship, correspondence, and the civic work of belonging to a place.
On the responsibility that quietly follows from staying in one neighborhood for a long time.
Why teaching one person well is among the most generous things a community can offer.
On the discipline of writing a yearly letter to readers — what to include, and why.
A periodic selection of reader questions and the answers that sharpened the work.
Notes on partnering with local schools, vocational programs, and the students inside them.
Where the idea came from, what it has had to defend, and where it is going.
How a network of operators and neighbors can mobilize after major weather events.
Short profiles of the operators, educators, and researchers who contribute across projects.
Why the future of apprenticeship is local — and what that demands of small operators.
How small, trusted operators quietly hold the social trust of a town together.
On the unromantic, repeated work of being present where you are needed most often.
A yearly public accounting of community work performed — and lessons drawn from it.