Monthly Archives: November 2025
Welcome!
For more than two decades, we—Susan and Rob Burneson—have gathered, shared, and preserved stories of neighbors creating community through our project Voices of the Violet Crown. VVC grew out of community and history exhibits we created as we coordinated the Community Tent during the early years of the Violet Crown Festival. The festival, first held May 17, 2003, in Austin’s Brentwood Park, was a collaborative volunteer effort between Brentwood and Crestview neighbors. THE LATEST The … Read more
The Gift Must Always Move, 2025
With November, we begin a potent season—giving, receiving, remaining open to mystery. I’m wrapping up 2025 a little early to share some of the people, events, and projects that inspire me to care and to act this season and throughout the year—all in the spirit of mutual aid, where we give and receive as equals. “If, when we work, we can look once a day upon the face of mystery, then our labor satisfies. We … Read more