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    We Built This City… Well, Not Really
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Apr 17, 2013

    We Built This City… Well, Not Really

    Two interests tend to consume my mind. One is history, of course. The other, oddly, is urban planning. I’m by no means an expert on this topic, and I tend to focus on theory rather than action. Recently, I read “Geography of Nowhere” by James Howard Kunstler. He’s a bit of a whiner, but overall, he made some good (if obvious) observations that reaffirmed my opinion that there should be a growing movement to change the nature of our cities. Specifically, I’m thinking of the ci
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    Relic gardening
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • May 31, 2011

    Relic gardening

    “Oh no,” says the lone reader of my blog, “not a darn gardening post! They are SOOO boring!” Well, stupor ain’t my middle name, so I’ll make this short… I just wanted to point out what great things can happen when an appreciation of history, a knowledge of native flora, and a historian who likes to play in the dirt collide. Methinks that tiller's not going anywhere. A looong time ago, I picked up several pieces of Thurber brick and made a walkway out of them. Alas, I dismantl
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    In Defense of Automobiles
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • May 31, 2011

    In Defense of Automobiles

    I love a good road trip, and I believe that I’m not alone in sharing that sentiment. I’d wager to guess that the majority of people from all over the world like to move about and see what they haven’t  seen yet, and experience things they haven’t yet come across. To want to get up and go is probably simple human nature. But I’m also very environmentally conscious. I like my world green and clean. I recycle, plant only native shrubs, grasses, and trees, eat hand-gathered eggs,
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