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Resolute, but no resolutions

January 4, 2016 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

I know I want a better, meaningful life, but how can I get there when the hurt of the present is so strong?

Filed Under: Cafe culture, Notes Tagged With: hope, London, rebuilding

Playing a waiting game

December 14, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

Suffering and endurance demands a lot of us, but the move towards a more creative stance of reimagining the future is tough to navigate

Filed Under: Notes Tagged With: London, rebuilding, USA

No more heroes

December 9, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

What is required of us emotionally, morally, ethically, if we are going to be part of building something new?

Filed Under: Notes Tagged With: cafes, community, Lancaster, rebuilding

A new phase of the dance

December 7, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

I don’t feel the same loneliness I felt before I met Mark – because this is a different stage in the dance…

Filed Under: Notes Tagged With: cafes, rebuilding

Remembering the Syracuse slump

December 2, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

Questions about the future, what we want to build and create can render us powerless and ineffective, unsure about what to do…

Filed Under: Notes Tagged With: London, new politics, rebuilding, USA

Respecting the past

November 27, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

I often find it necessary to argue against some imagined suggestion that any happiness I might have in the future would somehow ‘cancel out’ the pain and anguish of losing Mark

Filed Under: Notes Tagged With: hope, London, loss, rebuilding

Can Detroit deliver social justice?

November 23, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

It was great to come across great cafes and restaurants and enjoy the vibrancy of Detroit’s art projects and social enterprises, but the question of how everyone can benefit from its revival remains…

Filed Under: Cafe culture, Notes Tagged With: Detroit, London, postcapitalism, rebuilding, USA

Reimagining the future

November 22, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

What is important to me?
What kind of life do I want to build?
In short, what will the future look like?

Filed Under: Notes Tagged With: London, New York City, rebuilding, USA

Rising from the ashes

November 2, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

Perhaps it’s out of the conversation between devastation and loss and the desire to rebuild and focus on the future that we create a new space to live in

Filed Under: Cafe culture, Notes Tagged With: Chicago, rebuilding, USA

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