Posts tagged “parks”

A rusted, skeletal industrial machine standing upright on a wooded forest path, like an artifact of engineering left standing in the middle of reclaimed nature

Soil and Blood

Margaret Johannsen · August 31, 2026

Two things happened to American cities in the same twenty-year stretch, using the same federal money, the same engineering confidence, and in more than one case the same construction crews. One got the streams. The other got the streets. Both […]

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A dog sitting, holding its own leash in its mouth

Free Mind

Margaret Johannsen · August 19, 2026

We leave a little before half past seven, with maybe twenty minutes of real light left before the sun actually goes down at 7:39 — gold enough that the sidewalk cracks throw shadows, cool enough that Dog isn't panting before […]

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