Memories, Mileus, Motivations
2025-10-05
One of the books I’m currently reading is ‘Geography and the Human Spirit’ by the late Anne Buttimer. I’m really valuing the interdisciplinary approach she takes toContinue Reading
From 15-minute city to 5-minute neighborhood realities
2025-10-01
I wrote the below in Örebro on May 27, 2020. I have been interested in issues of walkability for decades now but haven’t consistently lived in walkableContinue Reading
Fall in Love with Walking – and working towards change
2025-09-21
‘Fall in Love with Walking’ is one of the mantras I developed at Pedestrian Space. Here I am, photographed just a couple of days ago, sporting aContinue Reading
5 years of Pedestrian Space
2025-07-17
A little over 5 years ago (on May 17, 2020), I launched the Pedestrian Space Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/pedestrianspace/ I was a stay-at-home mom to two young childrenContinue Reading
Inhabiting Urban Research
2025-07-06
There have for sure been ‘bumps in the road’ and hand-wringing moments, however, overall, I would say my ‘return to academia’ (in my mid/late 40s!) has beenContinue Reading
SLOW CITY: A reflection
2025-06-28
Slow city…. Whoooooa! We recently left the capital city of Warsaw (after living there for 3 years) to move to the smaller city of Radom, about anContinue Reading
Neighborhood Reflections
2025-06-02
Neighborhood. A place. A local space. A feeling. A community. This is, in brief, how I perceive what a neighborhood is, or can be. How do youContinue Reading
MORDOR: Change + It’s Complicated
2025-05-28
As the inside of my home gets a bit crazy with the chaos of moving, the surrounding blocks are also completely frenetic with change and construction activity!Continue Reading
Popping Out To The Bakery
2025-05-06
There are approximately 4 bakeries within an average of a 2-minute walk from my apartment building. This morning, as everyone in my family bustled to prepare for theContinue Reading
Inhabiting the Field
2025-05-04
I had a somewhat familiar and peculiar (but not unpleasant) feeling as I enjoyed these scenes in this post on this chilly evening in Warsaw. The ‘somewhatContinue Reading