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Of Exploding Pies and “Confetty”
January 03, 2012 My Future The first day of My Future after the holidays brings a fair amount of energy. After a two-week break youth return to the art room with a story about something that went well or something that went really bad during their time off. Laughing almost always joined the really bad…
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Six Days Sometimes Equal Twelve
December 30, 2011 My Future The sixth day of Christmas has me thinking about the sixth day before Christmas. After months of practicing the My Future choir presented their first formal performance to the good people of White Swan. The Winter concert has become quite a concert in White Swan. It has become that because…
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Life and Supper: Paying Attention Tastes Better
December 28, 2011 JustLiving Farm Dawn of the fourth day of Christmas brought cloud cover and warm weather to the valley. The warmth got me thinking about the second day of Christmas. I had been putting off a job I find somewhat unpleasant for the last two months. By 9am Monday the temperature outside was…
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Balancing Art and Life
December 24, 2011 My Future Art soon leads to a conversation about balance. In preparing an image to burn into wood, drawings were drawn on paper and considered before redrawing onto wood. During this moment, we talked about balance. Sometimes a drawing seemed lopsided with a lot of graphite on the left and little on…
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A Solstice Story
December 22, 2011 JustLiving Farm He was moving right along when I caught up with him. When he trundled by earlier, the night sky was giving it up and the last star fading. I hurried to get my britches on, but when I’m in a hurry the simplest of things go wrong. Day in and…
Chewing the Cud 