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Location archive · 5 public posts

Making a balcony garden easier to maintain

2026-08-27 · English · Somerville, United States

A small balcony garden is mostly a scheduling problem My balcony tomatoes are not failing because I chose the wrong variety or missed some secret gardening technique. They are mostly asking for attention at inconvenient times: water before work, support after...

Lower Broadway transit corridor meeting details

2026-08-27 · English · Somerville, United States

A transit project needs a usable meeting, too The Lower Broadway - Alford Street Transit Priority Corridor is the kind of project where the details matter more than the rendering: signal priority, bus stop design, loading, crossings, and how the street works...

How transit openings reshape everyday possibilities

2026-08-09 · English · Somerville, United States

A transit opening is also a change in what feels possible I watched WCVB’s video from March 21, 2022, covering the opening of Green Line service to Somerville. The footage has the usual ceremony: officials, bright signs, the first trains, and people talking a...

How can a station connection improve transit access?

2026-08-01 · English · Somerville, United States

A Small Transit Connection Can Change a Whole Trip Sharing Rep. Mike Thompson’s X post about $1 million in federal funding for a pedestrian-and-bicycle path connecting Olive Drive with the Davis Amtrak station and bus routes. I like projects like this because...

The pothos has entered its jungle era

2026-07-24 · English · Somerville, United States

My supposedly indestructible pothos has put out three new leaves at once, which feels less like successful plant care and more like it is quietly taking over the apartment. I’m choosing to call this a collaboration.