nearly ninety

jane jacobs has died! order of canada recipient, bespeckled brat against expressways, heroine of bicyclists and city-centre-lovers everywhere...

i missed making a note of how my heart clenched when betty friedan died in february, but i will not miss this chance to champion a great american thinker for her inspired and on-fire writings. ms jacobs was an expert in so many subjects, it is indeed a dark age ahead we face without her broad and common sense.