August wealth
Joe-Pye Weed
“August is ripening grain in the fields, vivid dahlias fling, huge tousled blossoms through gardens, and Joe- Pye weed dusts the meadow purple.”
– Jean Hersey (1919-2007) author of The Shape of a Year, focused on gardening at the home in exurban Weston, Conn., she shared with her husband, the famed novelist and journalist John Hersey (1914-1993)
The Onion Barn, in Weston, where community bulletins are posted.
Who can pull hardest?
Part of Cedric "Vise1" Douglas's “Streets Memorial Project,’’ at The Rivers School, Weston, Mass., through May 16.
The school says:
"Much of his work aims to engage the audience in meaningful conversations and document powerful moments in history. ‘The Street Memorial Project’ is a collection of work exploring police brutality and racial injustice. His other projects include ‘The People’s Memorial Project,’ a pop-up public video projection installation addressing controversial public monuments, and the ‘Tools of Protest’ project, where printed rolls of caution tape reading ‘I can’t breathe’ and ‘Don’t shoot’ are passed out to protesters."
The Weston Observatory, in Weston. Part of Boston College, it’s an important facility for measuring earthquakes.
To 'reclaim the commons'
Land’s Sake Farm in Weston, Mass.
“We must rebuild functioning communities with closer ties to the land not just in nostalgic fantasy, not just in token preservation but in substantial daily practice. We must reclaim the commons.’’
Brian Donahue, in Reclaiming the Commons: Community Farms and Forests in a New England Town. The town is Weston, a very affluent suburb west of Boston.