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  • Hillary’s Holiday Concert

    Hillary had her Minnesota Youth Symphony (MYS) holiday concert at Rosedale Center today.  The acoustics aren’t great (it’s a mall atrium, after all), but here is a decent video of her playing after having moved up to second row in the violas of String Orchestra.

  • Wizarding collection

    Also available, Hogwarts House Scarves (and Ilvermorny American Wizarding School Colors) for 18 inch dolls and Mini Magic Wands hand-made by Zoe’s dad.

  • Lily Is Going To Space!

    Lily applied for and was accepted into Reach for the Stars Space Camp! She and her friend, Zoe, are part of a group of 32 kids from Minneapolis and St. Paul.  You can read more about the programs here. Select “Program” at the top for an overview and select “Content” and expand the Science Saturday…

  • Minnesota Youth Symphony Fund Raising

    As you may know, Hilary is playing in the Minnesota Youth Symphony, which is kind of a big deal.  As you can imagine, it’s not cheap to run a thing like that, and there is fundraising. For those who would normally give Hilary a Christmas present, please consider donating instead.  You can donate on Qgiv…

  • Space Camp Crafts

    Here are more examples… We have a variety of Plant Pals, magnets and mandala stones.

  • Reach for the Stars fundraiser

    Help send Lily and 31 other kids from Minneapolis and Saint Paul to Space Camp! Lily and I are on the craft sales committee of the fund raising team. Our creations will be for sale on December 1 at the Seward Art Crawl. Here are some samples of what we’ve been making!

  • Bunty’s house and the Wetlands Institute

  • Jersey shore

  • Visit to Avalon

    Bry’s Great-aunt Bunty invited us for a visit on seven mile island, NJ, where she’s enjoyed her unique cottage home for many years. We saw the original portraits of Bryant’s 3rd great grandparents, heard many family stories, and explored the wetlands institute which Bunty and her late husband passionately supported. The hand made bird mobile,…

  • Richard Scarry Revisited

    I just stumbled upon the Rubin Bolling reimagining of Richard Scarry’s “What Do People Do All Day?” painting from 50 years ago.  These are depressing as hell, but they are gold. 21st Century Busy Town Jobs and Russian Trolls and Reality Stars.