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What is an “Adventure Playground”?
We call Wild Play Woods an “adventure playground” because that sounds nicer to grownups. But the original term for this concept was “junk playground”, an idea first promoted in the 1930s by Carl Theodor Sørensen, a Danish landscape architect. You…
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WPW Spring 2024 Membership Agreement
Days and Hours: The 2024 Spring Session runs from April 2nd to June 11th, every Tuesday from 11am to 3pm. Program Fees: The 2024 Spring Session is $220 for the first child and $110 for each additional sibling, payable in…
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Captured
Joshua got a great photo of me. This is my little corner of our living room with all my clutter and all my creativity. This is SO me.
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Quote of the Day
...Have you traveled very far? Far as the eye can see How often have you been there Often enough to know What did you see when you were there? Nothing that doesn't show
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SC meeting notes
Video Chat 2/1/2024Present: Issa, Sara, Candice, Hairball, Joshua.Not present: Justin, kids Dylan and Quinn Camp name: Spoon Commune (taken from the “spoon theory” idea) Camp roles: Camp focus: Making life easier for people, including all burners through our public offerings,…
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Snow at The Wallow
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Deserving Love
Doesn’t everyone deserve love? To be loved? To be accepted? To be cared for? Over the last couple of years, I’ve watched friends go through devastating breakups, and I’ve noticed a recurring sentiment that I’d like to warn you about.…
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Guess I’m Gonna Talk About It
I was 22 years old as 1999 rounded into the year 2000. I had started my path to a career as a childcare professional, but I still had one year to go as a Blockbuster manager. All 3 of my…
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Single Digit Night
I came to update my long-neglected website and discovered that my last post was about heat deaths and 117 degree heat. Funny. Because it’s falling below 0 in Knoxville tonight. I have the woodstove cranked, and I’m losing ground. Hopefully…
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Thursday, August 4, 2023
NPR said Phoenix may reach 117 degrees. The graph for heat deaths so far this year looks like the other temperature-related graphs. That uncomfortable rise and then that sudden spike that lets you know we’re in big trouble. I feel…
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Today’s Affirmation
I breathe in peace and stillness. I breathe out anything that no longer serves me.
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I sell things
Or I try to anyway lol. Maybe I should say I design things. Then I put them on a website and enjoy the collection of things that I’ve made. And it would be super exciting if other people bought them,…
