I like to feel that I’m well-acquainted with my local surroundings, and I’ll often complain to myself about having exhausted my options of directions I could go to find new running routes. This is especially true when I’m in my hometown of Tyler, TX. But even there as in Houston, the city keeps proving me […]

While waiting for more information about our film project, which will be based in the Pleasantville neighboorhood of Houston, I thought it would be useful to try to obtain context for the place. Through my research, it became clear that Pleasantville is a subdivision in the superneighboorhood “Pleasantville Area.” Mapping Short of actually visiting the […]

I’m signed up to do a Neighborhood Biography for the digital storytelling project. Even though I don’t know what neighborhood I’ll be working in/with just yet, I do have some reflections on how I’ve come to know about Houston’s neighborhoods and the way they are storied already.  As I become more situated, oriented, and familiar […]