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Author Archives: Aprilart Studios
What’s in a Meal? (pt.2)
Continued from Part I We Eat The meal began naturally. After a prayer led by Joey, we eagerly began to pass dishes and fill our plates with delicious-looking and -smelling breakfast food: chocolate pancakes, scrambled eggs, crispy bacon. I was … Continue reading
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What’s in a Meal? (pt.1)
What’s in a meal? Well, there’s the obvious: Food… togetherness (potentially)… conversation. What else? A recent meal I had the fortune to attend gave me a glimpse into that answer. On a warm summer day about a month ago here … Continue reading
Surprises from a Florida day (p.3)
Continued from “Surprises from a Florida day, Part 2” So many more things came forth from our day–too many to list, and that is just from MY perspective. And, this is just the beginning. My goal that this be … Continue reading
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Surprises from a Florida day (p.2)
Continued from “Surprises from a Florida Day, Part 1.” After lunch, I led the group in a game of “We Can.” Developed by my colleague Cormac Russell and Inclusion Press, this game impressed me when I played it for … Continue reading
Surprises from a Florida day (p.1)
Now back in Indianapolis once again, this time greeting spring in all of its warm, rainy, flowering glory, my heart is still reverberating from a surprise-packed day I spent discussing asset-based ideas and possibilities with 55+ members of the Sarasota/Tampa … Continue reading
Roving Notes 1.25.14: “Return / Neckbone / Bubble / Care”
Still whirling from the thrill, flurry, million-feeling core connections and life-altering epiphanies of my trip to New York, I’m back home in my neighborhood… for me, the stage of my work and of my own heart’s greatest learning. Even … Continue reading
Roving Notes (Chicago): A Forgotten Gift / El Tata
after packing up and double, triple-scanning the hotel room to make sure I got all stray earrings and socks, I headed back to my dear friend Arturo‘s in Pilsen neighborhood. We shared delicious leftovers from the Thai restaurant I … Continue reading
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Wednesday at Broadway: Tacos, Art, Abundance
Being a freelance has unusual perks–like being able to choose your office space for the day on a whim. Lately, I’ve been trying to plant myself in “third places” — spots that lend themselves to interaction among community members. I’m … Continue reading
Sherry’s Sewing, and Gifts vs. Volunteerism
photo of the day… …from my visit to the KI EcoCenter on 28th St, Indianapolis — a beautifully grassroots, people-first community-centered organization. Many aspects of it to rave about, but this story speaks to its very wise and potent philosophical underpinning (versus … Continue reading