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Daily archives for March 14th, 2008

The Lorax

Mar14
2008

Written by Randy Corman

My daughter reminds me that this Dr. Seuss movie made her cry when she first saw it.

This story helped teach kids about environmental stewardship. It’s a cute reminder of why we try to seek balance between development and environmental protection.

Parts 2 and 3, click here

Posted in Uncategorized - Tagged trees

My sister Brenda just sent me this….

Mar14
2008

Written by Randy Corman

I’m in here on the right, at age 5, with my brother Roger (9), my sister Brenda (7), and my sister Sharon (3).

We’re standing in the not-yet-landscaped front yard of our brand-new split-level home in Livermore California. My parents had just purchased this home for $26,000 at the time this picture was taken in 1967. It just sold last year for about $600,000.

I think that to buy the house, they had saved money on our clothing 🙂

One of Livermore’s local newspaper photographers, Bill Owens, published a book with photos from my neighborhood during this time period. The book, called Suburbia, provided a critical but humerous view of Bay Area suburbs the way I remember them during my formative years.

Here is a link to a slideshow of these photos

and there is a great essay on this site

“In his renderings of neighborhoods without trees, wide thoroughfares without sidewalks and streets lined with identical houses, Owens’ photographs hint at things to come.” by Cynthia Morrill, Ph.D., from the Fall 2000 Foto/Text.

Posted in Uncategorized - Tagged family and friends

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