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Phyllis Odessey: February 2013
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Feb 24, 2013. When There Is Nothing Else To Eat. I have never been hungry enough to eat a morning glory. For Sopheap Pich, morning glories were an important source of nourishment during Pol Pot regime in Cambodia. Easy to grow, with almost no nutritional value, the form of the morning glory is inspirational for Sopheap Pich. It is good if sculptures make people aware that. There are shapes in their environment, if it encourages them to use their memory.". Sunday, February 24, 2013. Feb 22, 2013. 3 Fertil...
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Phyllis Odessey: August 2013
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Aug 22, 2013. Who loves a chain link fence? Not me. I know they have a purpose, but I have never seen one to love until today. Based on a project, Katherine Daniels, did on Randall's Island two years ago, I had an idea that the new chain link fence enclosing the playground on Randall's Island, could be improved by adding a design using fence weave, a construction material. Lola Odessey Waters and Sheila Odessey working on the fence. I starting thinking about who. It was a transformative moment. A ped...
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Phyllis Odessey: September 2013
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Sep 27, 2013. To BLOG or not to BLOG. That is NOT the question. Photo: Lisa Nielsen, The Innovative Educator. About 4 pm at any conference, I have had it. Enough already I want to say. I can't absorb another word. I hung in there, because Amy Stewart. Was about to speak. Her topic. "A Botanist Walks Into A Bar: How to Turn Any Topic Into a Lively and Sharable Story.". Enriching the Gardening Community with New Media. September 22-24, 2013. Written by a quartet of women in the following way:. Listening to...
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Phyllis Odessey: October 2012
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Oct 26, 2012. Another kind of OM. For those who have worked on The High Line,. Lisa Switkin, Associate Partner and Managing Director of Field Operations, gave us her take on The High Line at New York Botanical Garden on Tuesday, October 23. As I listened to Lisa, I understood why Field Operations was chosen for the project. Our first concern was to find a way to keep the magic.". Perhaps walking is best imagined as an 'indicator species,' to use an ecologist's term. An indicator species signifies the...
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Phyllis Odessey: March 2013
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Mar 31, 2013. 90 West 164 Street. Between Ogden in HighBridge). I am sure there are many similar stories throughout the country. This is only part of what impressed me. To be a community garden,. You have to be a community". I've been called a fool. I've been called stupid,. But the garden is my soul.". We welcome everyone to the garden. It doesn't matter what you know or don't know. In our garden there is a place for everyone. We work with a lot of young people. We tell them in the garden. Mar 24, 2013.
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Phyllis Odessey: Surround SOUND The Forty Part Motet
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Sep 10, 2013. The Forty Part Motet. Is it possible to write about a sound installation? A good writer can. I am not one of those. The best I can do is to urge anyone living in the New York area to make the effort to go to The Cloisters and listen to Janice Cardiff's piece, The Forty Part Motet. In the Fuentiduena Apse. I know it's a trek or so it seems when you think about it. The #4 bus leaves you at the front door of the museum and the subway stop is just a couple of blocks away. The Forty Part Motet.
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Phyllis Odessey: April 2013
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Apr 27, 2013. Author of The Art of Fermentation. Head of Research and Development. At Momofuku's Culinary Lab. Co-curator of Our Global Kitchen. Museum of Natural History. Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Dan Felder, Eleanor Sterling, Sandor Katz. Everyone has scars from high school. I was never part of the “in" crowd. I was known as an outsider, someone who did not participate in organized activities. I could be counted on for a sarcastic remark on most occasions. Kimchi, aged cheddar from Vermont. JOIN the O...
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Phyllis Odessey: August 2012
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Aug 30, 2012. Urban Ag is the new cool. Everyone is trying to figure out how to grow food in densely populated cities. Allotment plots, rooftops, raised beds, planters on the street, aquaponics are becoming old hat. Two frenchmen have come up with another way to grow food in the last available space with light: YOUR WINDOW. It's a simple system, with simple components. Our desire was to provide a clever solution to the lack of space for a small garden developing nature unfolds horizontally.". Aug 26, 2012.
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Phyllis Odessey: October 2013
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Oct 8, 2013. I have moved my blog. Http:/ phyllisodessey.wordpress.com. Let me know what you think. I will respond (yes, finally). Tuesday, October 08, 2013. JOIN the Odessey. Subscribe. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). American Academy in Rome 2013. The National Trust of. JOIN the Odessey. Subscribe. What Don't the English Know. This book will be passed from person to person. If you receive it, PASS IT ALONG. Snap du jour (photo blog). Rarr; Submit links, ideas or stories. Feng Shui Garden Design Tips. In th...
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