Karen Christensen
About A Smaller Circle
Karen Christensen, CEO Berkshire Publishing Group
karen [at] berkshirepublishing [dot] com
The exchanges detailed in this article in the New York Times involve money, which is frowned upon by some who think everything neighborly should be given away free. But barter as well as monetary exchange i’s traditional neighborhood behavior. Hiring the neighbor’s kid to mow the lawn or babysit, buying eggs from someone up the [...]
Posted: August 29th, 2010 under Community economics, Resources.
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INTERPERSONAL DIVIDE is a thoughtful book about community and the online world, and I’ve just discovered that the author, Michael Bugeja, has put sample syllabi on his website. And beautifully organized – I am impressed! Would love to hear from anyone who’s used these materials.
Posted: August 7th, 2010 under Community online, Resources, The search for community.
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Anyone interested in community and community building should have this book: A pattern language: towns, buildings … – Google Books.
Posted: July 12th, 2010 under Building community, Designing communities, Resources.
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I never knew rich people till I came here. “Trusties,” we call them, the array of full-time people who don’t have to earn a living because someone—granny, grandpa—left them money. Fitzgerald wrote in The Great Gatsby that the very rich are different, but I’d say that even the not-so-rich are different, very different. The worst [...]
Posted: March 27th, 2006 under Resources.
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