Friday, June 22, 2012

brooklyn is what's up


the community where i spent most of my time in brooklyn is called red hook. i met the hoopers at a park on the northern border of this neighborhood. they lived nearby. the teacher is named celia, and she also a food healer. the student i met that first evening is ann marie.

i attended the tuesday evening hooping class. it was so fun to be among all the positively energetic kids! they were beginning to rehearse for a little show they would put on for their parents (i think). after the class celia, ann marie, and i went to hoop in a paved playground nearby. when i began to get dark ann marie invited me to have dinner with her at her art studio. i had gotten some things earlier at the fourth street coop and was able to whip something up in the very limited kitchen with ann marie's help.


i joined ann marie, her daughter, and another little friend to manhattan beach on thursday. it was quite an adventure! i found these sun glasses under the watre and turned them in to a lifeguard.


on wednesday i volunteered at an interesting food production site called red hook farm.

i didn't see any of the cool rooftop gardens in brooklyn, but i heard about some, including the very exciting farm in the sky. i thought i noticed some greenery on top of one of the buildings in red hook...

more on this later...?

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