April 2011

Hole-y Mole-y! It’s Kinetic Art!

April 25, 2011

A stroll across my yard can be hazardous to the health! It isn’t the poison ivy, the fire ants, or the occasional snake that is the problem (you can usually see those before they get you). No, the problem is in what you can’t see — a labyrinth of tunnels beneath the grass that rivals [...]

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A Handful Of Helpers

April 22, 2011

I’m drowning in a sea of Share A Square afghans at my house, and I don’t get much opportunity to come up for air! I’ve got a lot of hands reaching to help, though. For the last several days I have been working with the 4th and 5th grade art students at Cross Oaks Elementary [...]

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Fear of Crayons

April 11, 2011

My palms got sweaty and my knees began to shake as I tried to color an iris with my “Colorsplash” application on my iPhone yesterday. It lets you convert a photo to black and white, then color in the details. Supposedly, that’s fun; I found the activity stressful, as a multitude of voices inside my [...]

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Kids Who Make A Difference

April 1, 2011

For the last several days, my mood has been soured by an experience with overprotective parents. They wrap their children in bubble wrap to shield them from hearing about the real world. Though I’ve been a bit indignant about the way they have acted toward me, my biggest concern has been the affect they are [...]

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