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Making Progress on My Little Free Library

I love the idea of the Little Free Library movement. Sharing books with others feels good. Putting them in a little “house” on your property that you can decorate as you like is fun. Finding Little Free Libraries and looking at the books inside is a joy. When I heard about and then visited some Little Free Libraries (mostly in the Twin Cities), I knew it was something I wanted to have. I mentioned my…

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Meet Me on the Back Side …

of the television. We recently rearranged our living room, moving our television from in front of a small window that faces outside to the other side of the room, where it now sits in front of a window that faces into our entryway. When I was preparing to take Doggle Woggle for a walk, I glanced in through the window and noticed the back side of the television. The light that illuminates the screen was…

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Shiny Puppy

In the morning, the sun streams full force through our large living room window, which has not been the case the past couple of days due to rain. However, last week I snapped these pics of our Doggle Woggle, who was enjoying the sunshine. I was impressed with how shiny his fur is in the light.

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Why the Lab Coats?

Netflix is a thing of beauty. Mostly because it allows us to binge watch our favorite shows. One of our very favorite shows, which is a surprise to me, is the British version of Top Gear. The surprise is that I’m not a car person, but this show is all about cars and I love it. Not necessarily so much for the cars but for the snarkiness of the three hosts, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond,…

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A Drawing Exercise from College

Anita Mills, one of my college professors, posted this marvelous New York Times article about blind contour drawing on Facebook. I remember blind contour drawing well. The exercise has students, using charcoal and large pieces of newsprint paper, draw a subject without looking at the paper. The results are always laughable, but the exercise makes students see their subjects differently and frees them from trying to draw the “perfect” picture. This is what Sam Anderson,…

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