Category: Life
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Seeking Dreamers, Seeking Peace
Looking across Lake Superior as the moon rises, stars filling the sky, no sound but the wind in the trees, and deer rustling in the woods … it is difficult to imagine the world could be anything but at peace on evenings like this. John Lennon’s song “Imagine” contains timeless words and hope for peace,…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Creepy
Creepy to some …. nature’s circle of life to others. A tuft of fur, bones picked clean, a dismembered leg, signs of a deer’s death but symbols of sustaining life for others. This post was in response to the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge. “Creepy” is this week’s theme. Everyone is welcome to join in the Challenge; further…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Close Up (the Family Reunion Edition)
On July 26, 2015, in a small town in Iowa, the descendants of some of the original Benton County homesteaders gathered for the 100th annual Brody Family Reunion. One of the treasures brought to the reunion by a distant cousin was an almost 100-year old postage stamp quilt, hand-quilted by my great-great grandmother. At any…
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Who Knew Stacking Totes Could Be Such Fun?! FIRST: More Than Robots, Indeed.
I had no idea stacking plastic totes could be so exciting. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics is an amazing opportunity for students. Adult mentors work with student team members to brainstorm strategy, teach machining and programming skills, promote and manage a team, and transfer knowledge gained from life experiences that students…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: (Life is a) Blur
The background blurs as the boys run playfully by …. years ago …. life is a blur as the years fly ….. These boys are now teens — one in college and the other a high school junior off to college visits later this week. And yet, on some days memories like this snowy October day…
Travel. Garden. Eat. 