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04 January
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50@50 – Durham, NC

Christina   |   Blog, Exploring

Sometimes the landscape doesn’t appear to have shaped its culture in any way whatsoever.  Durham North Carolina is known as the anchor of the Research Triangle – an area twice the size of Rhode Island and renowned for innovative excellence in medicine, new technologies, education,...

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04 January
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50@50 – New Bern, NC

Christina   |   Blog, Exploring

The history of coastal North Carolina has been “shaped by the push and pull of the sea”.[*]  Native Americans have occupied the Carolinas for roughly 12,000 years.  Abundance brought them here and about 2500 years ago, they developed permanent settlements morphing into an agrarian society...

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21 December
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50@50 – St. Helena, SC

Christina   |   Blog, Exploring

It is late fall, and the opportunity to explore the Carolinas presents itself.  I’d visited the South Carolina coast before, but I wanted to see it with new eyes.  Landscape is “a complex repository of society and archive of tangible evidence about our character and...

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01 November
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50@50 – Culture Within

Christina   |   Blog, Exploring, Music

In my blog, 50@50, I explore how the landscape creates and/or contributes to the culture of Place.  Certainly, examples can be shown that people have manipulated the land and altered its appearance and ecosystem, emptied its cavities – all to satisfy hunger, fulfill dreams, and...

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28 October
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50@50 – Portland, OR

Christina   |   Blog, Exploring

Portland Oregon’s culture is distinctive.  “KEEP PORTLAND WEIRD”  Austinites swear they had the logo first, but really, why argue?  The two cities actually have a similar vibe.  Portland has the highest percentage of bicycle riders in the country; a reputation for being “green”, a passion...

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27 October
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50@50 – Minneapolis, MN

Christina   |   Blog, Exploring

It is in the cities bordering the Mississippi River that its culture is the most visible. The Dakota called the Mississippi River, Hahawakpa, "river of the falls." Long before the Europeans arrived, the Mississippi River served as a major thoroughfare by Native tribes.  The 50...

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