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  • Theory vs Practice

    Theory vs Practice

    Proposed subtitle #1: Local woman discovers that late-stage capitalism makes city planning even more challenging Or, perhaps more constructively, proposed subtitle #2: A call for planning theory to help us deal with the messiness of actually practicing planning.  In the spirit of maintaining my four-posts-per-year cadence, this blog aims to address the tensions of transitioning…

  • Water Quality Monitoring… in a fishbowl

    After unexpectedly winning a goldfish last weekend at the Austin Rodeo, I was thrust back into the world of water treatment and monitoring (albeit at a very small scale). Incessant Google searches about tank health and fish behavior made me reflect on something simple: how much assurance water quality testing provides, even for a single…

  • Bye bye gallbladder

    Bye bye gallbladder

    I’ve been editing this post because my default voice as a blogger is to approach my writing with some levity and perspective—this is a little harder for more vulnerable moments. Bengaluru was transformative for my personal growth in many amazing ways, but some moments really just sucked. The crown jewel of sucky moments was a…