#Loewen Road

[black-paraphernalia]

Victor Hugo Green, a Black postman from Harlem, NY set out to change the fate of millions of Blacks looking for safe passage to better lands. In 1936 he created The Negro Travelers’ Green Book.

The book, which was dedicated to making travel comfortable and safe for Black travelers, was a list of Black-friendly businesses which Blacks could visit without persecution or harassment from whites. The 15-page guide listed restaurants, hotels, beauty salons, drug stores, barber shops, nightclubs, and any other businesses Blacks might frequent while on the road. 

The guide also included newspaper articles and even read like a magazine, with travel essays, how-to manuals, and travel tips. The book stayed in publication until 1967, three years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, which greatly reduced the number of sundown towns in America.

But even though sundown towns are not as mainstream as they were at the start of the 19th century, they still very much exist. There may not be a sign hanging up when you enter the town that says, “This is a sundown town, Blacks beware.” But the rules still apply.

There are towns in America right now that are not safe for Black people after dark–it is a sad truth. Fortunately, there is a sundown town database and an interactive map that allows you to select a state and see a list of historic sundown towns, as well as towns that could still hold these toxic values. The site shows the sheer number of possible sundown towns in every state in the union.

DRIVING SCARED – Is your Town a Sundown Town?

I had never heard of a sundown town and did not know they existed. But, they still do. James W. Loewen, bestselling author of Lies My Teacher Told Me, exposes the chilling history of these towns that sprung up to keep out African Americans and non-whites in his book Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of White Racism. 

 “ A sundown town is a community that for decades kept non-whites from living in it and was thus ’all-white‘ on purpose. Some allowed a non-white household or two as an exception.“ The history of sundown towns is described as being “hidden in plain sight.” Many people may assume these towns are in the south, but they are all over the United States.

Despite this, most of what is known today about the topic is through the research of sociology professor James W. Loewen. The rules of a sundown town, though unofficial, are clear: “Black people were allowed to pass through during the day or go in to shop or work, but they had to be gone by nightfall. Anyone breaking the rules could risk arrest, a beating or worse.”

Restricting the movements of Black people on the basis of skin color was a public health crisis then, just as the effects of racism are today.

DRIVING SCARED – Is your Town a Sundown Town?       By Sheila Lettsome

Black Americans in the 21st century need to be aware that sundown towns are still a reality

Here are some links below to see were some of these towns are today and the full story of the except of this post along with additional reading links. *BP*

Sundown Towns:Racial Segregation Past And Present

The Green Book: The Black Travelers’ Guide to Jim Crow America

An echo of the ‘sundown towns’ that banned and threatened Black people By Peter Carlson on Washington Post

Historical Database of Sundown Towns click on the map to show the town

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[patricia-von-arundel]

I've started a class on US history ( particularly around the colonization ) and it's fascinating! Do you have any period you would recommend to look more into?

You picked an interesting time to ask me about US history, through absolutely no fault of your own! (I haven't studied US history since high school, and my AP US History teacher has spent the last 20 or so years in jail for, uh... having relationships with little boys that were 100% NOT OKAY. And I recently found out he's out of prison and has been attempting to track down some of the boys involved [who are all now in their 30s and 40s]. I only know because one is one of my old roommates, and he was dating my best friend, and... well. I saw his name on the list and was just like "okay, this has to be a parole violation of some sort. Also, dude, what the actual fuck?! Several of the boys you hurt later committed suicide. One was found dead by his little sister and her best friend. They were nine. Nine years old. You are a fucking monster. Jesus christ.")

Aside from that... I'm not super well-versed in US history as a whole, but I have enjoyed some books dealing with it, so okay if I mention those? I particularly loved A People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn) and Lies My Teacher Told Me (James Loewen), both of which were seminal in presenting less "whitewashed" versions of US history. I've also enjoyed in recent years The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (about the disapora of Black Americans from the Southeast into the Midwest during the 20th century), The American West and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, both by Dee Brown (classics of the expansion of settlers into the West in the 19th century, the "cowboy" years), and White Trash by Nancy Isenberg (looking at class in America). Other good, popular writers of US history: David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Ron Chernow, Candice Millard. There's some awesome fiction that tackles US history in interesting ways - my favorites are A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith), The Little Friend (Donna Tartt), Forever (Pete Hamill), The Jungle (Upton Sinclair), and basically anything by Steinbeck.

I find the great migration periods particularly interesting, especially the Asian arrivals in the West in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Early Hollywood is fascinating. There's a wonderful book about it called Silent Stars by Jeanine Basinger. The US also has some honest really good classics in True Crime, especially Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and Norman Mailer's The Executioner's Song. (Truman Capote is also interesting in that he was a very good friend of Harper Lee, who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird.) There were some writers in the mid-20th century who took travel writing and turned it on its head: try Travels with Charley (Steinbeck again!), On the Road (Jack Kerouac - not my personal style, but I understand why it's an American classic!), and Roughing It (Mark Twain). (Honestly, all of Twain's stuff is great, and fucking hilarious. Twain and Wodehouse - in England - had no business being as brilliantly hilarious as they were.)

Also, a weirder rec?

Stephen King's 11/22/63.

Just trust me. And yes, it's that Stephen King.

Again: trust me.

(Other fictional creepiness built around or dealing with North American history [I say North American because I'm including Canada and Mexico]: Alma Katsu's The Hunger, Dan Simmons' The Terror, Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Mexican Gothic [and I just got her Velvet was the Night, but haven't read it yet!], Toni Morrison's Beloved, basically anything by Cormac McCarthy. [Content warning, some of these are a little stomach-churning to get through. Reader beware!] I've also recently been recommended S. Craig Zahler's Westerns, but haven't read them yet, so be warned there that he's the guy who wrote Bone Tomahawk! If you know... you know. If you don't... not recommended viewing while eating. 🤷‍♀️ And speaking of Westerns, Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove is absolutely wonderful. And not stomach-churning!)

Hope that helps! If there are any specific periods that catch your interest, I can dig into recommendations for further reading/watching. US history isn't always my personal cup of tea, but my mother's been writing books and articles about it for 30 years, so I can always ask for recs! 😁

[college-girl199328]

Alberta fights Canada government over its crowded parks: Like a tailgate party

On a chilly autumn morning not long ago, Annalise Klingbeil and eight others packed into three cars, departing Calgary in the dark as they drove westward towards the Rockies. They take in the region’s larch season, when the needles of the spiny trees transform a brilliant shade of yellow.

But when they arrived at Moraine Lake, with the sun still hanging behind Banff’s jagged peaks, their adventure was cut short. With the number of visitors growing each year, Parks Canada recently announced it will ban private vehicles along the road to Moraine Lake in 2023 in a bid to ease congestion at Banff’s most popular tourist attraction.

The tension between showcasing the region’s natural wonders and preserving them for future generations is not a new issue for the country’s federal parks agency. Years ago, Parks Canada closed hiking trails and weighed the possibility of visitor caps in more sensitive areas. But the challenges of administering the park have grown more complicated amid a growing political row between the western province of Alberta and the federal government.

This week, minister of forests, parks, and tourism, Todd Loewen, called on Parks Canada to reverse its decision, suggesting the ban would harm tourism, give residents less access to the backcountry, and mark the end of sunrise and sunset hikes or night photography.

In response, Parks Canada said the Moraine Lake parking lot is at capacity 24 hours a day and that while 900 vehicles successfully gain access to the lake each day during the summer, nearly 5,000 are turned away, with drivers often directing their frustration at park staff. The agency said the sheer demand for parking spaces far exceeds capacity and will rely on a shuttle option for visitors. Speaking to a local radio station, Loewen pushed back, suggesting instead that the federal agency build a parking lot.

The idea prompted scorn from Klingbeil, who pointed out that such a move would be banned by law. "With this suggestion he comes across like, he knows absolutely nothing about this issue," she said. She argued that an urgent need to ban private vehicles creates a cultural shift in public spaces.

The row over parks has come amid broader political tensions between the federal government and Alberta, which recently passed a controversial "sovereignty act" that could allow the province to ignore federal laws--setting the stage for potential conflict with Ottawa and Indigenous nations. In November, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said she wanted tourism money generated in the five national parks within Alberta to remain in the province rather than being used to maintain other parks across the country.

But Smith’s governing United Conservatives have a checkered record on parks in the province. In 2020, as austerity measures took hold in the oil-rich province under former premier Jason Kenney, the provincial government announced plans to shutter several parks. Alberta also proposed allowing private businesses to operate other parks to save money, arguing that the parks fail to generate significant revenues. The idea prompted an outcry and was later dropped.

But the future of Canada’s parks--and who uses them and sets the rules--is set to become an increasingly tense issue as the cost of popularity takes its toll on vulnerable ecosystems.

[irisslove]

Museum of Ice Cream Singapore - It's So Pink! Not Your Any Museum

Museum of Ice Cream Singapore – It’s So Pink! Not Your Any Museum

Once in awhile I might do non-food related posts, if I have the mood for it. lol. The friend suggested to visit a museum and I said okay, I’ve booked the tickets for MOIC. They were like great! what is it about? I went.. no idea. LOL (that was before they had any information/reviews on it) and thus that started our trip to Dempsey. It was a really sunny Saturday, not a bad idea for an ice cream…

[rafaelsilvasource]

Rafa’s Book Recommendations:

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

I Am Not Your Negro: A Major Motion Picture, directed by Raoul Peck from texts by James Baldwin

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer

She’s Come Undone by Willy Lamb

The Earth Shall Weep: A History of Native America by James Wilson

Bent by Martin Sherman

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen

The Mystic in the Theatre: Eleonora Duse by Eva La Gallienne

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing by Benjamin Graham

Asian and Latino Immigrants in a Restructuring Economy: The Metamorphosis of Southern California, edited by Marta López-Garza and David R. Diaz

Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory by Claudio Saunt

Creating Black Americans: African-American History and Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present by Nell Irvin Painter

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

State of Emergency: How We Win in the Country We Built by Tamika D. Mallory

Cassavetes on Cassavetes by Ray Carney

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer 

How to Win Friends & Influence People in the Digital Age by Dale Carnegie

How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes by Tony Kushner

RAFAEL SILVA via IG Stories - November 14, 2021

[thejusticewarrior]

The Book Club - Non-Fiction

The Non-Fiction Book Club TBR list:

100 Nasty Women of History by Hannah Jewell

101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think by Brianna Wiest

13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do by Amy Morin

21 Lessons For The 21st Century by Yuval Noah Haran

A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis

Atlantis: The Antediluvian World by Ignatius L. Donnelly

Becoming Supernatural by Dr. Joe Dispenza

Between The World And Me by Ta-Neisi Coates

Beyond The Pill by Jolene Brighten

Boundaries In Dating by Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend

Calm The F**k Down by Sarah Knight

Caste: The Origins Of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski

Confessions Of A Political Hitman by Stephen Marks

Confessions Of A Sex Kitten by Eartha Kitt

Declutter Your Mind by S.J. Scott & Barrie Davenport

Decoded by Jay-Z

Devil In The Grove by Gilbert King

Fear by Thich Nhat Hanh

Feminists Don't Wear Pink And Other Lies by Scarlett Curtis

first, we make the beast beautiful by Sarah Wilson

Girl, was your face by Rachel Hollis

Heal Thyself For Health And Longevity by Queen Afua

Homo Deus: A Brief History Of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Haran

Hormonal by Martie Haselton

Hormonal by Eleanor Morgan

How The Pill Changes Everything by Sarah E. Hill

How To Be Single And Happy by Jennifer L. Taitz

How To Love by Thich Nhat Hanh

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen

Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Maybe It's You by Lauren Handel Zander

Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus by John Gray

Milk And Honey by Rupi Kaur

Misjustice: How British Law Is Failing Women by Helena Kennedy

Moody: A 21st Century Hormone Guide by Amy Thomson

Natives: Race And Class In The Ruins Of Empire by Akala

Nile Valley Contributions To Civilization by Anthony T. Browder

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown

Red Notice by Bill Browder

Sacred Woman by Queen Afua

Sapiens: A Brief History Of Humankind by Yuval Noah Haran

Stolen Legacy by George G. M. James

Sweetening The Pill by Holly Grigg-Spall

The 48 Laws Of Power by Robert Greene

The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The Art Of Happiness by The Dalai Llama

The Art Of Living by Thich Nhat Hanh

The Autobiography Of Malcolm X by Malcolm X

The Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor

The Chimp Paradox by Prof. Steve Peters

The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz

The Gifts Of Imperfection by Brené Brown

The Little Book Of Hygge by Meik Wiking

The Many-Headed Hydra by Peter Linebaugh & Marcus Rediker

The Miracle Of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle

The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir

The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan

The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert

The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton

The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler

The Warmth Of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

Thinking, Fast And Slow by Daniel Kahneman

This Is Going To Hurt by Adam Kay

Vilnius: City Of Strangers by Laimonas Briedis

When We Ruled by Robin Walker

White Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad

Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Womancode by Alisa Vitti

Women Who Love Too Much by Robin Norwood

Women Who Run With The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Women, Race And Class by Angela Y. Davis

A Massacre In Mexico by Anabel Hernandez

Putin's People by Catherine Belton

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla et al.

When They Call You A Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullon & Asha Bandele

It's Not About The Burqa by Mariam Khan

Afropean: Notes From Black Europe by Johny Pitts

Blueprint For Revolution by Srdja Popovic

Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis

White Fragility by Robin Diangelo

The Health Gap by Michael Marmot

Fake Law: The Truth Abiut Justice In An Age Of Lies by The Secret Barrister

The Secret Barrister by The Secret Barrister

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

No One Is Too Small To Make A Difference by Greta Thunberg

Our Final Warning: Six Degrees Of Climate Emergency by Mark Lynas

Underground by Haruki Murakami

The Jigsaw Man by Paul Britton

This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein

Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue by Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre

Pharma by Gerald Posner

The Truth About The Drug Companies by Marcia Angell, M.D.

Selling Sickness by Ray Moynihan & Alan Cassels

Blood Feud by Kathleen Sharp

The Future We Choose by Christiana Gigueres & Tom Rivett Carnac

There Is No Planet B by Mike Berners-Lee

Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez

Society Must Be Defended by Michel Foucault

Discipline And Punish by Michel Foucault

Chernobyl Prayer by Svetlana Alexievich

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl by Anne Frank

If They Come In The Morning by Angela Y. Davis

Tiny, Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed

The House of Government by Yuri Slezkine

The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson

Will I Ever Be Good Enough?: Healing The Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers by Karyl McBride

[historysisco]

Today’s #HistoryBooksatmyJob post was inspired by a conversation with a customer about The Negro Motorist Green Book aka the Green Book and another conversation with a coworker who has done three cross country drives in the past.

For those who don’t know what the Green Book was, it was created by African American mailman Victor Hugo Green in 1936. Initially the Green Book highlighted places in New York City where Blacks could safely get a hotel room, shop and dine without being refused service. Later editions of the book expanded to the rest of the United States, Canada, parts of the Caribbean and parts of Mexico.

You would think that the American idea of hopping into your car and going wherever the road led you applied to all. It did not. The book highlighted such perils that African Americans would face while on the road such as “Sundown Towns” and white only establishments, especially in the Jim Crow South. The book did an amazing job in trying to steer blacks to safe business that would gladly have their business. The book ceased publication in 1966. Here is the selection of books for this week:

- Driving While Black by Gretchen Sorin

- Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America by Candacy Taylor @candacytaylor

- Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance by Mia Bay @mia__bay

- Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism by James W. Loewen @JamesWLoewen

I’m looking forward to cracking into these books soon. Any thoughts? Yea? Nay?

#TheNegroMotoristGreenBook #VictorHugoGreen #DrivingWhileBlack #GretchenSorin #OvergroundRailroad #CandacyTaylor #TravelingBlack #MiaBay #SundownTowns #JamesWLoewen #AfricanAmericanHistory #AfricanAmericanStudies #BlackHistory #BlackStudies #BlackHistoryMatters #BlackLivesMatter #AmericanHistory #USHistory #Books #Libros #Livres #Bookstagram #BooksAtMyJob #History #Historia #Histoire #HistorySisco

(at Barnes & Noble)

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[sugaredge]

Frances Bean's Belletrist Stack

Cooking Price-Wise: A Culinary Legacy - Vincent Price

Twenty Thousand Roads: The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music - David Meyer

Every Night Is Saturday Night: A Country Girl's Journey to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - Wanda Jackson, with Scott B. Bomar

Practical Ethics - Peter Singer

'Salem's Lot - Stephen King

Geek Love - Katherine Dunn

Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder In Clubland - James St. James

Young Frankenstein: A Mel Brooks Book: The Story of the Making of the Film - Mel Brooks

Chinese Label Art: 1900 - 1976 - Andrew S. Cahan

Black Hole - Charles Burns

A Confederacy Of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole

I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen - Sylvie Simmons

Consider The Lobster and Other Essays - David Foster Wallace

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments - David Foster Wallace

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong - James W. Loewen

Chocolates For Breakfast - Pamela Moore

Paper Engineering and Pop-Ups For Dummies - Rob Ives

Suck Less: Where There's a Willam, There's A Way - Willam Belli

Vampirella Archives Volume 1 - Various

[muchadorks]

Ngozi Ukazu absolutely nailed hockey culture

Seriously, my friend sent me this interview with a hockey captain from a few years ago, and I just... From the nicknames to the chirps, it just reads like @ngoziu​ wrote it for the @omgcheckplease​ Samwell team!

[Interview Transcript:

Title: Ten questions with captain Shirley

Collin Shirley led the Kamloops Blazers in scoring last season, registering 79 points, 37 of them goals. The 20-year-old forward from Saskatoon was named captain last month. KTW reporter Marty Hastings got to know Shirley and his teammates in this 10-question survey.

KTW: What’s on your iPod?

CS: I probably have the biggest mix you can find, but I love my country like a good Saskatchewan boy. [Cam] Reagan has got me into the rap lately. I usually rip him in our interviews, but it’s kind of catchy, so I like what he’s got.

KTW: What’s your favourite movie?

CS: It’s probably Endless Love. Me, Daws [Dawson Davidson], Nolan [Kneen] and Millzy [Erik Miller], we watch it probably three or four time a year. It’s unreal. We shed a few tears.

KTW: What team in the B.C. Division do you dislike the most and why?

CS: That’s a pretty easy question. It’s Kelowna for sure. It’s not even a dislike. It’s just the rivalry we have, especially after last year, losing in Game 7. It still hits pretty close to home. I like the battle.

KTW: What is your pre-game ritual?

CS: I’m always knocking on wood. Benjy [Quinn Benjafield] always makes fun of me. And I listen to music before the game.

KTW: Who is the most romantic Kamloops Blazer?

CS: Come on. That’s not even a question. Cam Reagan. He’s always got a new girl or getting over another girl. He likes talking about the dates and taking girls out. We like getting on his case about it.

KTW: If you were going to go to one person on the team for life advice, who would it be?

CS: Joe Gatenby. I’ve got to know him a little bit since he’s been traded here. He’s a serious guy and he’s really down to earth. He’s got his head screwed on right. The last guy I would go to is Cam Reagan.

KTW: What’s your favourite food?

CS: Steak, potatoes and cheesecake. I could have a bath in cheesecake. It’s unbelievable. The biggest appetite on the team is probably Jermaine [Loewen] or Reags. We always have our trips to A&W. They guys will have a burger, root beer and fries, but Reags is always getting the Chubby Chicken wraps. I have a lot of fun with him. I hope he doesn’t get too upset with me.

KTW: Who are the best- and worst-dressed Blazers? 

CS: The best-dressed Blazer is, besides myself, would have to be Reags. He’s got the cool bracelets, hats and always with the nice shoes. He’s high maintenance when it comes to that stuff. The worst is Connor Ingram. It’ll be plus-25 and he wears sweatpants and a hoodie. When he stops 40 pucks a night, we’ll let him do his thing.

KTW: If you could trade lives with anyone, who would it be and why?

CS: Probably the One Direction boys, just to see how life is on the road for them and how they go about their business. Me, Daws, Needer [Matt Needham] and Millzy made a music video and threw it in the group chat. We’re pretty good. I’m right there in the mix with them. I wouldn’t be ashamed of having it out there.

KTW: If you had access to a time machine, where would you go and why?

CS: I’d probably go back to the 1980 Olympics, with the USA and the Soviets. That’s another movie I love. It would be kind of cool to see how that played out, watch the game and the events of those Olympics.]

[bealsandco]

Form & Light: Ceramic Function As Art

The Fairmont Heritage Place and El Corazon Club features artist, Matthew Rowe, for a creative and informative discussion on the power of ceramic art and its effect on form and light, and use of function. While enrolled at the University of New Mexico (2005-2010), Rowe worked as a ceramics instructor at the ASUNM (Associated Students of the University of New Mexico) art studio, and as a studio assistant for the Arita Porcelain course, in the Art Education Department at UNM—A formal method of porcelain pottery making originating in Arita, Japan, founded by Jim Schrubek after studying under Manji Inoue, a Living National Treasure of Japan. 

Matthew’s job in the porcelain studio required him to make all the clay, glazes, and tools used in every class. This was of fundamental importance for him as an artist. There he refined his technique and began studying the often ambiguous relationship between form and function; “it was the first time a teacher emphasized that the point of making a bowl is not the bowl itself but the space created inside—ceramics is not about making things, but creating the space around them.” Although he pursued a minor in ceramics while attaining his degree in English and Philosophy, he was unceremoniously removed from the ceramics department before graduation. 

Since leaving UNM, Matthew built a pottery studio in his Santa Fe home and works as the director of the Addison Rowe Gallery. In 2012, he was included in a two person show at Heidi Loewen Gallery in Santa Fe. In May of 2015, he participated in his first major gallery exhibition at Wade Wilson Art in Santa Fe, NM. Since then, he has exhibited at the Palm Springs Fine Art Fair (2016, 2017, 2018), Art Aspen (2016), Rebecca Fine Art Gallery in Cathedral City, CA (Visually Speaking: Color & Light – curated by Joe Novak, Jun – Dec, 2016), and Art on Paper in NYC (2019). He had his first solo Exhibition at Beals & Co Gallery on Canyon Road in Santa Fe in 2018, and has been on continuous display at Rancho Encantado (the Four Season Resort, NM), and the Drury Hotel in Santa Fe since 2018. Additionally, he has participated in Artist in Residence Exhibitions at both the Drury, Santa Fe, and the Four Seasons Resort, NM, since 2018. 

All are invited to meet Matthew Rowe, view his newest works and learn the power of ceramics and why this unique medium is showcased in museums and galleries the world over. 

July 23, 2019 4:30pm - 6:30pm bealsandco.com/fairmont

[jeronimoloco]

The STD hospital at Tanglin and a world renowned allergist

The STD hospital at Tanglin and a world renowned allergist

The relative isolation of Loewen by Dempsey Hill within the former Tanglin Barracks is a clue to how its buildings might originally have been used, as a military hospital that was known as Tanglin Military Hospital. Established at the end of the 1800s in what were attap roofed barrack-like buildings, it served as the military’s main medical facility for its European contingent of troops on…

[ludicrousperson]

I was tagged by @kuntergrau-mohae to do this tag game 🧡

5 things you’ll find in my bag

Notebook 💻

Water bottle 💧

Pens ✏🖋

Wallet (if I don’t forget it at home) 👝

Keys 🔑

guess it’s obvious that it's the bag of a student

5 things you’ll find in my room

PILLOWS 🛏

Books 📖

Music Albums 💽

Photos 📷

Plants 🌻🌼

5 of my favorite things

Music 🎶

Road trips with friends 🚙🗺

Hiking 🏔

Strawberrys 🍓

Sunrises ☀

5 things I am into right now

Rap and Ballads (yes same thought) ⚡🌟

Aggretsuko (that’s why we are besties) 🔥

Becoming a Plant-Momma 🥰🌱

Traveling ✈🌏

Accepting myself 🐥

5 things on my to do list

Finish learning for my exams 🤔

Visiting the animal shelter 🐶

Learning about Nutritious Eating/Cooking 🥗

SOME MORE HIKING 🏃‍

Getting ready for Berlin 😍

5 mutuals to tag:

@meeresnaechte

@loewen-gebruell

@thechickennuggtoverlord

@perrfectly

@moonelles

🧡🧡🧡

[consultancykerlon]

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Don’t miss this guide to 5 things you need to know about learning how to swim, which aquaDucks put together exclusively for HoneyKids.ĪquaDucks, own pools at Dempsey, Newton, Queenstown, and Turf City as well as at two country clubs, Hollandse Club and Swiss Club 4. And the kids? Well, they’ll take to this effective learning environment like ducks to water! All the pools are also covered, heated and salt-chlorinated, which is kinder on sensitive skin.

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And the 2000+ students on its books are a testament to that! This is a world-class swimming experience, with a professional team of swim coaches. The swimming program consists of 18 levels, so you can be sure everyone from babies through to toddlers, preschoolers and beyond are looked after. aquaDucksĪll kids are catered for at aquaDucks, which has helped swimmers of all ages since 1989. Nexus International School (Singapore), 1 Aljunied Walk Singapore 387293 3.

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Nexus also offers a free after-school swim program – Nexus Swimming – which develops learners in competitive swimming, who will then have the chance to compete locally and internationally. Primary and Middle Years students are offered regular swimming lessons, where they learn the proper techniques of each stroke, as well as water polo, artistic swimming, underwater sports, life-saving, and smooth swimming. Swim lessons at Nexus focus on core concepts like “reflect, change, plan and perform” so that learners can apply this process to other aspects of their lives. Learners are encouraged to learn swimming fundamentals while critically thinking about their progress at the same time. Swimming is more than just a sport at Nexus International School (Singapore) as it incorporates concepts from the International Baccalaureate curriculum to its swim lessons. Swish Swimming, 72 Loewen Road #01-08, Singapore 248848 2. Not only that, there are ‘Auntie and Me’ lessons for helpers, and even Merfit sessions for aspiring mermaids. Swimming lessons for babies are available, and the swim school also provides swim lessons for children with special needs. There’s also the swim studio over at Core Collective Dempsey (we held a pool party there once!). It’s tucked away within the Loewen Cluster on Dempsey Hill, and you’ll find both indoor and outdoor pools set in a beautifully restored black-and-white property. If you want the kids to learn to swim, be sure to check the facilities and the children’s classes out. Not only are the swimming instructors the loveliest people ever, but the actual swim lessons are fab and the pools are, too. We’re big fans of Swish Swimming (pictured above) and for good reason. And don’t forget, it’s never too early to start! Check out our guide to swimming lessons in Singapore for babies to get even the tiniest of tots splash happy! The best swim schools and swimming lessons for kids in Singapore 1. We’ve got all the best swim schools in Singapore in one handy read. If you’re ready to take the plunge and find swimming lessons for kids in Singapore, look no further. And, from a fun perspective, learning to swim is all kinds of awesome! With the tropical weather we enjoy year-round in Singapore, it’s so easy to head to your condo or local public swimming pool, or enjoy a day on Sentosa’s beaches. Learning good water safety is a life skill we should all be imparting down to our little ones – you never know when they might need it. However old your children are, there’s one thing parents can agree on: teaching them to swim is crucial. It will be FREE OF CHARGE! Limited number of slots.Want your little one to learn to swim? Then check out these swimming classes for kids in Singapore.

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Alberta Parks minister opposes closure of Moraine Lake Road

Alberta's Forestry, Parks, and Tourism Minister are taking issue with a decision by Parks Canada to close off access to Moraine Lake for those traveling by personal vehicle.

In an open letter released Monday on Twitter, Todd Loewen called on federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault and Minister of Tourism Randy Boissonnault to reconsider, look at other options, and bring the Alberta government to the table to ensure the province remains a world-renowned destination open to all.

Parks Canada has limited access to the lake for its shuttle buses, Roam Transit, commercial buses, and taxis from June to mid-October. The road was already closed to traffic during the long winter season.

In response to Loewen's letter, Parks Canada provided a statement Monday. The organization wrote that most visitors to Moraine Lake are turned away, leading to frustration and sometimes anger directed at traffic management staff.

During peak times in the summer of 2022, the parking lot was nearly complete 24 hours a day. Parks wrote that about 900 vehicles gained access to the lake daily, while approximately 5,000 were turned away.

Moraine Lake is among the most visited destinations in Canada, according to Parks Canada. And many wanting to hike, explore, or photograph the beautiful lake and surrounding mountains were waking up in the middle of the night to secure a parking spot.

While the popular destination is outside of the Town of Banff's jurisdiction, Mayor Corrie DiManno applauds the move by Parks Canada.

Now, the town will watch closely for any implications for the Banff townsite, where Roam has established a transportation hub. DiManno pointed out that Banff is where buses leave for a direct route to Moraine Lake during larch season, and she's open to further discussions.

Many online are lamenting the change, saying it will eliminate access to sunrise hikes. Some dog owners are worried shuttle services won't include their furry friends. Parks Canada's visitor information page states pets are allowed on the shuttle under the condition they are "created in a secure and clean carrier, designed and intended for the carrying of animals, which is small enough to fit on the owner's lap."

Parks Canada has promised to monitor these changes, including the prices of commercial transportation options, and make adjustments as necessary.

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39 with billy please! 💛💛

“It’s been too long since I’ve touched you.” This was requested a few times and it also got away from me. This is way more than a drabble. Ooops.

Requests are closed.

Ithad been easy to avoid Billy since last month when everything fellapart. He barely showed up to school after you two broke up. In fact,you didn’t know if he even graduated, but you had to force yourselfnot to care. His shortcomings were not your projects anymore. Youheard rumblings around the crowded house party, celebrating the endof exams, that Billy had arrived, but you hadn’t caught so much as aglimpse of his unrestrained stare or obsessively pampered hair. Youtrusted that you would smell him before you you saw him, his colognea lasting memory since you had liked falling asleep under his arm andbreathing it in like the ghost of rain. Youwere squeezing your way through the crowded house like it was agarden maze, looking from side to side constantly to try and findeither one of the two friends you came with, John and Gwen. Youflexed onto your tip toes to see over Trisha Loewen’s teased hair totry and see. Once you were back flat on the ground, you went to stepforward but you were blocked by a glistened torso, shining throughfour open buttons. The familiar musk attacked your senses and youknew Billy was right in front of you before you saw hisface. “Excuseme.” Mumbling, you kept your voice down and tried to slip byhim, but he was a stone statue and wouldn’t let you. “Excuseme.” You tried again, but he shifted with you and kept hisfolded elbow in your way. Giving him a smidgen of what he wanted, youlooked up and darted your eyes into his, “Move.” Youdemanded, your voice steady unlike the last time you two spoke. Helooked incredible and you hated that it was the first thing that cameto mind. Smirking,Billy stepped to the side and finally let you walk by. His eyes,foggy from drinking for hours on end, followed you. He watched youleave the living room and slip outside, thinking, maybe, your friendsstepped out for air or Gwen went to bum a smoke from someone. Billyfollowed, so when you turned around, he was there again. He was likean irritating and misshapen shadow.“Youneed a ride?” Billy asked, speaking to you for the first time after over a month apart. He could tell you were looking for yourfriends and figured one of them must have driven. “I’mnot talking to you.” Walking steadfast away from him, youconfirmed what he already knew to be true. “Whynot?” Billy asked, the drunk version of himself take charge fora second. 

“Becausemy mom always said if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t sayanything at all.”“Well,your mom’s not here." Forevery two steps you took, Billy took one. He kept up with youeffortlessly until you whipped around and fucked under his arm tohead back to the house. He had to clumsily manuever himself in asmall circle. He had been keeping his distance from you due to hispride for so long that now that you were close enough to touch again,he couldn’t stay away. ”[Y/N]“Paces behind you, Billy called for you like he would when you werewalking away during an argument or when he was ready to talk civillyinstead of scream. As if you two were still together, you froze.Billy said your name in a way that felt like a warm hug, comfortingand calling you in. You couldn’t believe he still had a powerfuleffect over you. Billyviewed your stillness as an invitation and headed over to you with ahand out. Before he could put it anywhere near your hair or shoulder,you whipped around with eyes clenched, prepared for him to punctureyour heart that was still recovering. "Whatcould you possibly need to say to me right now?” Refusing tolook at him, you asked.Billysmacked the side of his own head, angry at himself for ruining thingsbetween you two so badly that you didn’t want to even stand near himanymore. The sound of his knuckles meeting the side of his foreheadopened your eyes and you watched him drag his tongue from one side ofhis mouth to the other.“Ijust - ” Billy tried to speak, but had to stop to gasp. “Iknow you don’t - ” He squished his face together and mentallycursed himself out for being a moron. You could read the mean mentalconversation through his frustrated eyes. “I miss you, okay?”After checking to see that there were only a couple people around,Billy took a step in and told you like a secret. Immediately, youscoffed as if what he said was as funny as it was stupid. “Iknow I fucked up. I know you’re mad, but -” Billy moved incloser, drawing a single fingertip down your arm and looking at thelimb that used to be his to hold. He was staring at your arm as if itwas a precious work of art, something to be cherished. He never tookyou in that way when you two were together. “Don’t.”You hissed and tucked your arm behind your back and then did the samewith the other. “Comeon, it’s been too long since I’ve touched you.” His voice wasmore gentle than you had ever heard it be before. He was being softwith you, trying to be the person he knew you needed before youdumped him in his car outside of Hawkins High. “That’syour own fault!” Trying to ignore  the lingering feeling ofhis touch, you scolded him.

“Iknow and I’m sorry.” He hung his head and pouted, hating himself atthe memory. He tried to slither his fingers between yours, but youkept jerking away to keep your hands behind you and out of reach. “Itwas stupid. I know now how stupid it was.” He tried to convinceyou, eyes searching for a glimmer of hope in yours, but you weretrying to look anywhere, but at him. “You think I’d do that again?Never!”

“Idon’t trust you.”

“Howcan I fix that?!” Finally, a switch flipped and Billy roared. Hethrew his arms above his head in frustration and gained the attentionyou both didn’t want. “Tell me what to fucking do, [Y/N], and I’lldo it.” You wanted to believe him, but they just sounded like theright words to say. It was like he watched a bunch of romantic dramasand was acting out the part that was meant for John Cusack.

“It’sdone, Billy.” You held up both palms in front of him, shoving thewords you had said to him before in his face. Turning around, yousighed and tried to forge ahead. Billy was quicker though and tookyour hand to yank you back.

“Isit because you’re with that pussy Carpenter now?” He scoffed at thethought of you with John. “For someone who cried so hard aboutbeing cheated on, you moved on from me pretty fucking fast.”

Ifhe hadn’t been pulling on your wrist, you would have turned aroundall on your own. His words infuriated you. Time might have carried onsince you broke up, but Billy still knew how to wind you up like adoctor’s office toy.

“I’mnot with John! John wants to be with me, he invited me to Florida forthe summer, he wants to help me get set up in my new dorm inSeptember, he bought me this necklace!” You ripped your hand fromBilly’s and yank on the slim gold chain around your neck. Billydecided instantly that he hated it and it was obnoxious even if itwas delicate and understated. “He wants to be with me, but I’m sofucked up from being cheated on by a guy I wanted to be with foreverthat I can’t commit to more than a movie night! You fucked me up. Isthat not good enough for you? You have to follow me around and makesure I’m miserable!?” Finding your friends was now the furthestthing from your mind. With burning red cheeks and flared nostrils,you were releasing a months worth of tension onto your former love.

“Idon’t want you to be miserable!” Billy’s hands shook in front ofhim, trying to make his point and drill it into your flushed face. “Iwant to get back together. I want to fix what I did.”

“Youcan’t!” You threw your hands out in front of you just like he did his own.

“Notif you don’t let me!”

“Youslept with Carol, Billy!” Everyone heard you, there were eyes inthe kitchen window watching like they were in the nosebleeds of aconcert that was not going well. “In my bed. I was asleep on thecouch and you fucked your best friend’s girlfriend! How could you fixthat? How!?” Billy didn’t actually have a solution. His mind wasblank when it came to options. He was really just banking on youtaking him back and him making it up from there. He thought for sureyou missed him enough to forgive him his wrongdoing. Billy meant itwhen he said he learned his lesson. He really thought he would nevercheat on you again.

Indistress, fists shaking by his side, Billy stared down at the darktoes of his boots as he tried to compose himself. He hated himselfand was having a hard time keeping that inside.

“Iwill neverforgiveyou for making me feel like garbage. I am too good to be treated likethat.” It took a lot of listening to your best friends cuss out Billy in your bedroom to get that message across. Sometimes, it still took work to make it ring true.

“Iknow.” He admitted with a harsh inhale. “Can we go for a drive?Just…can we talk in the car?” Billy asked in a huff. He felt likeif he could just concentrate on the road and have you in a privatesetting that this would go better. He could convince you for one moreshot.

“Billy,”You looked up and cursed his name toward the sky, holding back anepic eye roll. “I don’t like you anymore.” It was as if you weretwo children on the playground and he had pushed you off the swingset one too many times. You enunciated every word clearly and heldhis stare to make sure he heard you. “I have to go because standinghere, talking to you, is painful,” You watched his blue eyes beginto melt behind a shield of warm tears. “This is killing me. If Igot in your car, I would have to start from scratch. So,please, if you care about me at all, let me go.” At the end, youtook a deep breath and let out your own tears as Billy’s own began tofall. He wiped under his face and tried to hold his face away from you.

“When you want to talk to me, I’m around, okay?” He barely got the words out. It was too hard to talk and feel sorry for himself at the same time. Billy didn’t give you the chance to say another word. He ran both hands through his hair and held it tight enough to hurt. Billy groaned at himself and turn took off. There was still sixwarm beers in his car to crush. There was still enough night left forhim to forget how much he fucked up and how much he missed you until the morning.