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Location: Coolidge Drive, Sarasota, FL Age: 0-1yrs

-My parents lived in this duplex right off the beach, 

the night before I was born my mom was swimming

in the ocean.  I need water, I can honestly say

I feel connected to it.

Missing my Grandmothers house in CT. Apparently google 

earth doesnt have any cameras on her street. Age: 1-3yrs

Location: 1503 N Conrad Ave, Sarasota, FL Age: 3-20yrs

When I was 3, my mother and I planted that palm

tree in the front yard for father's day.  It was the 

same height as I at that age, it has far surpassed my

height now.  It also leans slightly because 

of a tropical storm that came through.

Location: 1750 N Sycamore Ave, Los Angeles, Ca Age: 20yrs-20yrs

This was one of the best places I have ever lived. 

The place isn't that great or anything, but the people

and the landlord, Susan, are amazing.  It felt like

a community here.

Location: 734something Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA Age: 20-21yrs

(bottom left hand corner apartment 201)

I only lived here a short while with my friend Colleen.  

I loved this apartment though, it was huge but we 

still had to share a 1 bedroom. 

Location: 5140 Brittany Drive, Old Hickory, TN Age:21-present

(p.s. that is my cat sitting on the front stairs)

I have lived in Nashville for 3 years now.  It 

took me a while to really like it here, but I do. 

There are great things about this place that I will

miss, but for now I have the summer to enjoy it

and will be going kayaking every chance I get!

I recently became obsessed with the powers of Google Earth.  Sure, I've used it before, but I had yet to be privy to the new version of it.  I was so amazed at being able to type in an address almost anywhere and be able to have a panorama street view of it.  Naturally, I did the obvious, I looked up all of my old residencies.  There is nothing like being able to go home, even if it is a hyped up futuristic trip. Lately, I've been missing all of the places I've ever called home and I know that when I move in the summer I will miss the place I now call home as well. It is nice that there are photographs to help aid in the memory process. 

I would like to see where you come from too.  Your challenge so you chose to accept it, leave your address or any address you want to share as a comment. 

Joel Sternfeld-Sweet Earth Experimental Utopias In America

I finished reading Joel Sternfeld's Sweet Earth Experimental Utopias In America tonight and I found it so inspiring.  I guess I'm at that idealistic age in my life where communal living sounds like the perfect life, but beyond that the book also has as lot of history that I found interesting.  It seems that a majority of communes tend to have a religious swing to them but no matter what type of commune it was specifically they all seemed to share the thread of tending to the land.  

The Farm in Summertown, TN originally had 1400 people.  It started in the 70's when a bunch of hippies from San Francisco drove buses to Tennessee and started a commune.  They also have a volunteer wing called Plenty.  Plenty was one of the first groups of people to get down to and help during Hurricane Katrina and they have groups set up in Guatemala and other places as well.  I am looking into going down there soon to volunteer, at least to put my ideas to the test anyway.  Sternfeld had two pages of text and two pages of images for this commune, more than any other in his book, so it seems that even to him this was a pretty important place.  I'm glad that it is only an hour away from Nashville.  

These are some of my favorite images from the book.