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Carving Out Memories for a Spooky October
Have you felt it? The shiver on the heels of the morning air? The slow creep of orange and yellow up the hillsides? Here are some of our favorite ways to create spooky (and wholesome) October memories all month long.
School at Home: Inspiring Creativity and Finding Purpose
For centuries creatives have endeavored to express what leads them to their cause, motivates the effort required and inspires the outcome. Each one relates processes as unique as their work itself. Identifying my unique process of creativity feels as important as identifying my form of art. As a father, having only recently discovered this pursuit, I feel a deep yearning to help my children discover the divine within them much earlier.
The Sweet Art of Preserving
Those memories are distinctly sweet to me despite the sticky floors and fruit flies. Home canning is certainly becoming a lost art; one more thing that is becoming resigned to the past. But really this post isn’t really about canning—its about preserving. What in life is worth preserving? I have been thinking about this question for several weeks now and there are a few things that are worth the effort of keeping and preserving for future generations.