Charlottesville Community Engagement

You are getting very, very sleepy, but it’s for your own good. At least, that’s the sort of thing you might hear on Health and Happiness With Hypnosis Day celebrated each July 25. Yet, Charlottesville Community Engagement has no capacity to consider or capture the medical status of the hundreds of readers and listeners. I’m Sean Tubbs and I am hopeful that you’re taking care of yourself.  On today...

101 is short-hand for information. Is 202 double the amount? That’s the position in the year where July 21 falls. That means 2023 is now 55.34 percent of the way to the end. Do you know everything you need to do to get through? Charlottesville Community Engagement presumes you may not so here now is another collection of stories.  In this assemblage of information: * Charlottesville is on track to...

On this day in 1967, Jimi Hendrix played his last show as the opening act for the Monkees . At least, that’s one obscure fact about this day that serves as an ice-breaker for the July 17, 2023 edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement . But how do we know for sure? Is there a recording? Were any of you there? In any case, I’m skeptical but this is sadly not the focus of this installment of t...

Perpetuate pandemonium on this July 14, the 195th day of a year we’re counting as the 2,023rd. But today is National Pandemonium Day which has nothing to do with the black and white animal that is not actually a bear. You’ll have to wait until March 16 for National Panda Day , which I will hope will be less chaotic than this one. I’m Sean Tubbs and with training, you can be too.  In today’s editio...

Today is the penultimate day before the third birthday of this newsletter and podcast. This is now the 555th’ edition of a program created to inform readers and listeners about a great number of items. Assuming the average length of each program is 1,850 words long, there have now been over a million words associated with Charlottesville Community Engagement .  I’m one of many Sean Tubbs, but the...

And with today, 2023 is 53.2 percent complete. That’s the sort of that this particular town crier loves to proclaim and someone out there proclaimed July 10 as International Town Criers Day . That’s the name I came up with three years ago when I launched a business to report as much as I can about what’s happening in the community I call home even if I don’t technically live in a town. Either way,...

Happy Independence Day for Algeria and a bountiful Armenian Constitution Day ! While we’re at it, July 5 is also Venezuelan Independence Day . Every single day there’s something happening that reminds me of the diversity of the planet I share with you and billions of other people. Charlottesville Community Engagement exists to draw your attention to some of the details of what’s happening around 3...

On this day, we in the United States of America celebrate an occasion in the past in which some of the people who lived here agreed to tell a person who lived across an ocean that they were no longer in control. On this 185th day of the year that we all agree is 2023, it is perhaps worth pondering who holds control in your life, and the degree to which you can make decisions to affect your future....

How does one begin the first regular edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement of the new fiscal year? Likely by pointing out that this is not a typical installment of the newsletter, but instead a chance to take one look at one meeting to get all of us updated on the city’s draft zoning code. That’s been an ongoing story in the past three years and a primary reason for the creation of Town...

Welcome to the last day of the fiscal year of 2023, a day that perhaps could use a few carols and celebrations. Perhaps such things will occur in the future if Charlottesville Community Engagement can return to full form? Either way, this is also the 550th edition of a newsletter and podcast intended to bring people information about things happening as we head into a summer holiday slowdown. I’m...

We are now on the 173rd day of 2023 and have the ability to declare a snapshot in a fixed system of time. But what year is it and from what perspective? Each of us has different start and stop points, and it’s my hope that by capturing as many stories as possible, more people will understand the viewpoints of others. That’s some of the background radiation of Charlottesville Community Engagement,...

The summer solstice is not the time for perihelion. Summer in the northwestern hemisphere takes place at a time when the Earth is further away from the sun. This fact is one of many examples of the truism that things are not always what they seem. But does anyone scrutinizes these adages? Anyway and either way, it’s June 21, 2023 and this is another edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement....

It’s the penultimate day before the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere of the only planet where it’s possible to listen or read Charlottesville Community Engagement, a newsletter and podcast that seeks to cover as much as possible about a very small corner of that globe. I’m Sean Tubbs, somewhat grateful that we’re now on the way to days with less sunlight.  On today’s program: * A Republi...

Welcome to another Sunday edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement, an irregularly produced newsletter that is usually podcast as well. This particular installment of the podcast is slightly longer than what you’ll read in the written version to make up some production changes this week. This is due to a recent break in the space time continuum. Or at least, a readjustment of gravity.  Town...

Wildfires burning hundreds of miles away have transformed the sky into a smoky haze that could be described as unsettling, yet yielding powerful sunrises and sunsets. Though Charlottesville Community Engagement is mostly about items that happen in a relatively small portion of the earth, nothing is not connected. I’m Sean Tubbs, seeking to offer as much information as I can.  On today’s show: * El...

The human experience is seemingly infinite with billions of people currently alive on a planet that will spin whether our species is here or not. On this 79th anniversary of Allied forces landing on beaches in Normandy, I reflect about how hopeful I am that others out there share a sense that peace should always be the goal. However, Charlottesville Community Engagement acknowledges that conflict...

Welcome to the first of four Mondays in this month of June, and another edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement. There are hundreds of you on the subscription list but today in particular I’d like to give special recognition to anyone of you named Janet , Jenny , or Joyce for it is apparently your national day. Now, on with the information that ends up in this installment.  On today’s prog...

What’s five times six! Thirty! As in, the thirtieth day of the fifth month of 2023. And what’s five times 30? 150! And somehow, May 30 is the 150th day of 2023. Does any of this matter, or would it simply be better to say this is the penultimate day of May, a month that sounds so polite. Charlottesville Community Engagement is a newsletter and podcast that has nothing to do with any of that, but y...

Welcome to only the second-ever Sunday edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement, a newsletter and podcast that seeks a regular schedule but has yet to place the booster rockets in place to achieve the correct orbit. Today’s edition is intended to begin a week of catching-up with segments mostly from the month of May. I’m Sean Tubbs, ready to go.  On today’s program:  * Charlottesville polic...

We are now at the penultimate Wednesday of May and the 21st so far in 2023. Every day is a moment in time and this is the May 24 edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement , a newsletter and podcast that pays attention to these sorts of things, but usually only in the opening paragraph. I’m Sean Tubbs.  On today’s program: * The owner of a used car dealership announces his candidacy for Rivan...

What are the differences between a turtle and a tortoise? Let’s begin with what they have in common. Both are reptiles. Both have shells. Both begin with T. But you’ll only find the tortoise on land, whereas you will likely find many turtles only in the sea. Tortoise shells are also more rounded, as I learned in a conversation yesterday on the Downrtown Mall. Either way, both are honored on May 23...

Monday moves majestically, meandering more mysteriously, making many mighty memories. Maybe. Or it’s another day like any other as we all spend time inhabiting a world that alternates constantly between light and dark. However, Charlottesville Community Engagement is not a tribute to the poetic but is more concerned with the anecdotal and the wonky. I’m Sean Tubbs until I am not.  On today’s progr...

What about today? Surely there is a fake holiday to mark this 137th day of the year as measured from the wintry start! Or perhaps it is more important to point out that there are 35 days remaining until the solstice and the longest night? These are not questions that the newsletter and podcast known as Charlottesville Community Engagement is intended to answer, but they are fun to ask all of the s...

May the 12th be with you. As in, there have been eleven days already in the fifth month. What shall we do now? Listen or read another installment of Charlottesville Community Engagement , a newsletter and podcast created to capture some of what happens in the area in and around the first word in title. I’m Sean Tubbs, always looking for another way to look at things just because.   On today’s show...

Thank you for calling Charlottesville Community Engagement . To whom shall I direct your call? At least, that’s how I would answer the phone if this newsletter and podcast was an office of some sort. Yet you’re stuck with a normal installment of the program for May 10, otherwise known as National Receptionists Day .   On today’s program: * Albemarle County has signed on to a plan to prepare for na...