Laura Kendrick

Yeah, unfortunately I’ve already realized I will need a backup plan.  As it stands, I couldn’t even find an internship for this summer where I’d get paid relatively cheaply and get no benefits.

Cool!  Thanks!

Yes–I wasn’t trying to exclude any group in my posts, just point out some of them.  I’m glad to hear the gov’t is doing some good things for Vets now; I’ve heard some pretty terrible stories in recent years (although I think they were all related to funding and mental health–the rate of suicide of vets was disturbing–and not about…[Read more]

Thanks for the newspaper suggestion.  And if I may play devil’s advocate for a moment: I understand the reasoning for your initial point in this post, but isn’t a blanket assumption that all advocacy-type organizations exaggerate or inflate their data (which seems to be what you are implying, so forgive me if that’s not what you meant) also a…[Read more]

No problem, Trace, and thanks for your additional thoughts.  I know it’s a touchy subject for a lot of people, so I knew I was taking the chance of getting incendiary comments (although I don’t consider yours such; I haven’t yet read the rest of the posts, so I may yet find some).  Mostly I just wanted to see what things LAs and others have been t…[Read more]

Well, I’m sure this may, at first glance, sound defensive and rude, but thanks for apparently assuming I don’t know anything.  Of course homelessness is a constant problem in many, if not all, cities.  I didn’t mean is anyone, anywhere doing anything about homelessness.  I meant are landscape architects (and I probably should include those in al…[Read more]

Thanks for the helpful thoughts, everyone!

A little late on the uptake here, but I just joined the website… Consider too The Story of B and My Ishmael by Quinn. They really build on the ideas in Ishmael.