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By now you know that we live in a relatively small home, where we have had to create some multi-functional spaces in order to accommodate our 4 person family. The entry way is no exception. We don't have one! We also don't have a traditional front door, we have a sliding door. Is this something that I would love to change? Of course! Is it something that I'm going to change? Definitely not any time in the near future!
So, I have a back door as a front door, an open plan living and dining room (which includes our office space), no playroom and no entry way 🤷🏼♀. Not a challenge at all! Hahaha 😂
I trawled through Pinterest to find ideas on how best to rectify this situation. At first I wanted to do something with some old antique doors. I mean, I love a good pair of chippy antique doors. That was until I saw how much those doors were going to cost us. I did not have the budget for that! So it was back to the drawing board for me. Luckily, while I was pondering my predicament, Hubs remembered that he still had some pallet wood left over from our bedroom feature wall that we could do something with – he is such a hero!
He started by building out a frame, added the pallet wood, and then mounted this to the wall (I can do a detailed write up with photos if you would like – just let me know!) I then painted it out in Rustoleum's linen white chalked paint.
He also added these gorgeous hooks I scored on sale from Takealot?! I even used some credit that I had from returning items earlier in the year 🙂 This means that it technically didn't cost me anything! Right?! 😁
As I mentioned earlier, we don't have a playroom either and, while the kids have toys in their rooms, they prefer to play in the living room where we hang out as a family. This means that we invariably have piles of toys lying all over the place. To try and curb this a bit, Hubs picked up a wooden chest from… Mambos plastics! It's just big enough to provide a place to sit and put your shoes on (or take them off) and to store a decent amount of toys.
To finish the space off, I added the rocking chair that used to be in my daughter's nursery; from when she was young enough to have a nursery! Seems like yesterday…
Finally, I added a few decorative touches, to pretty the space up.
And that's it, we created an entry way; extra seating; and storage space in our living room. All this by just by using a bit of left over wood, some hooks, a bit of paint and a wooden chest. It works well for us!
Admittedly, the space usually looks a bit more like this… but it still works!
I also love this spot for styling through the year! It gives a clean, crisp background and is one of the few places in the downstairs of our home that catches some good natural lighting.
I hope that this was helpful and gave you some ideas of how to create an entry way in your own space. If you have any thoughts or questions, please let me know! I would love to chat 🙂


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I thought I'd share the tail-end portion of an email I sent that was related to my job-related experience in view of the freedom and life of Christ. The rest of the email was regarding some particulars of the company I work for in view of possible employment.
A few personal thoughts that were stirred by some of the above: I have been close to being terminated on more than one occasion to my knowledge. I was told by one particular manager that what saved me from termination was the simple fact of my high level of customer service. REMEMBER THAT. Above all else, make sure you are known as an employee who has Customer Service as the number one priority. It can sometimes make it difficult to impossible to get your job done, but you will be judged severely for a lack in this area.
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Just remember that we are not bound by the rules of the world, including the (company) world. Their rules are THEIR rules, they are not OUR rules. I have found that I can submit to THEIR rules simply because I know who I am because of who is my life. They want me to take out the trash, I can take out the trash. They want me to fill out a form, no problem. My freedom is not found in resisting their sometimes silly or superfluous rules, my freedom is found in the reality that I am truly free in Christ.
I have discovered time and time again that the life of Christ has blown away the idea that I need their rules in order to truly accomplish the real stuff. My high level of customer service is not attributed in any way to their demands - nor their threats - regarding the taking care of people. Their rules about treating others with equality is bound by contradictory, currently-accepted practices of what it means to be equal or caring. I, instead, find incredible testimony to the overwhelming reality of the only life that needs no rules or principles. This has been discovered by virtue of my own experiences of living in a system that demands, and yet cannot keep, what it demands.
I have been asked on many occasions how I can do what I do, keep the attitude I keep through all I've been through, especially when those who ask know that I have no interest in working my way up into the organization. It has been a testimony of Christ not only to them but to me as well.
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Agricultural runoff capture and reuse is essential to securing an adequate supply of water for irrigation and reducing nonpoint source pollution. However, this practice potentially could recycle and spread destructive plant pathogens from isolated infections to entire farms and deteriorate pond water quality, resulting in significant crop losses at production facilities and negatively impacting retailers, landscapers, and consumers. This knowledge center was developed by teams of plant pathologists, horticulturists, economists and information technologists on the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture – Specialty Crop Research Initiative project: Integrated management of zoosporic pathogens and irrigation water quality for a sustainable green industry. It presents the up-to-date knowledge and technology as well as the latest research data on irrigation water management for ornamental horticulture. The knowledge center consists of three major sections:
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The Dandridge Fire Department came to Dandridge Elementary for a fire prevention program. Students were given a presentation by the Fire Chief and his puppet friends to talk about what to do in case of a fire. They were given visual demonstartions of how to stop drop and roll with the help of one of our first graders. They were also able to see the fire trucks and taught about what the equipment on the trucks were used for. Students were also given a bag with more information for their parents. Thank you to our Fire Department for sharing about fire safety.
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Catherine "Cat" Catanzaro's journey to Eloquence Fine Jewelry started two generations ago and spans three continents.
The Catanzaro jewelry business was started by her grandparents in their garage shortly after they arrived from Italy. It began simply enough; her grandparents designed and made religious items – crucifixes, rosaries, etc. That catapulted into a larger business, Catamore, to add chains, crosses, earrings and more. With the addition of the next generation of Catanzaros – Cat's father, uncle, and sister helped expand into manufacturing and catalogue sales. But, her grandfather's wish was to sell the business, so upon his death, the business was sold to a metal refinery in England. And so ended Catamore.
But with end of that chapter began a new one. Cat's father bought into a jewelry manufacturing and distribution center in Thailand called Pranda and the business took off, selling to television shopping networks, including QVC, the Home Shopping Network and others, as well as directly to retailers. Cat's mother, a registered nurse for many years, even became enthralled with the jewelry business and, when her dad began the Thailand venture, he helped her mother develop a line of silver and marcasite which also took off, selling to the home shopping networks. She worked with Judith Ripka and others in design and distribution.
All of this was enough to spark an interest in Cat. She worked in the business during summers, working jewelry shows and meeting with retailers, including many of the top names such as Bailey, Banks, and Biddle. Since education was the top priority in her family, Cat completed college. "I always loved and excelled in the jewelry business. When I worked summers during college, they always wanted me to stay, but education came first in my family," said Cat.
But, when her older brother decided to go to the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) in California to get its top-notch training in all things gems, Cat followed. She plunged into all facets of the jewelry studies – diamond and color stone grading, etc. and then moved to Thailand for nine months to take part in the family business, working in the precious gemstone department. She also plunged into the mining, cutting and gemstone purchase areas.
Then came the trade shows – Thailand, Hong Kong, Switzerland and later direct sales in Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Thomas and beyond.
When her father sold his business to a Florida firm, they needed someone to run that store. That's when Cat realized her true love in the jewelry business was retail sales. "I love the clients, I love how appreciative they are when they love what I design. I love making them happy. The clients and our vendors are truly family," said Cat.
When Cat decided to open her own retail jewelry store in 1997, she was going to buy a building in North Palm Beach. A good friend of hers, Krista Nicklaus, was also looking for a building in the area for her gift design and sales business. While at a movie together, they discovered they had bid on the same building. As luck would have it, that sale fell through for both and they came across another, but it was already under contract. When that deal fell through for the original buyer, Cat and Krista bought the building.
Together they operated Eloquence Fine Jewelry and Gifts, Krista even learning the jewelry business.
Today, the business is thriving, and Cat is as dedicated to the jewelry business as ever. In addition to all the new clients, Cat gets lots of repeat shoppers who she has come to know personally as they buy jewelry for the most precious family occasions. Now, she said, the children of her clients from the past 20 years are also coming in to purchase their engagement and wedding rings.
"Retail isn't easy, but I wouldn't trade it for anything. It's so wonderful to see that you've made people happy and, when they keep coming back, that's my best proof that they love what I'm doing, too," she said.


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As May comes to an end, the Summer fun is just beginning to heat up. Keep an eye out for new events every weekend, Fort Collins always has something going on. Here's the upcoming slate of events this weekend, 6/1-6/3.
Friday, June 1st
First Friday walk and free opera show at The Carnegie.
The Carnegie Center of Fort Collins is participating in the "First Friday Walk," – an event in which local art and entertainment business stay open late for interactive displays on the first Friday of every month. This will be going on from 6 to 9 p.m. Earlier in the day, there will be a free opera concert at Noon in the Heritage Courtyard.
Downtown Sessions Concert Series
A great opportunity to catch live music in Old Town Square. Preforming this Friday are bands Tallgrass and Maxwell Mud. The concert will begin at 6 p.m. and go until 9. Admission is FREE and beverages are provided by Odell brewing and High Country Beverage.
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Old Town Car Show
If you're in Old Town this weekend, expect to see a plethora of hot rods, muscle cars, and motorcycles roaming the streets. The car show is going on from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m in Downtown Old Town, and is free to the public. Want to register your vehicle? It's not too late. Click here for details, registration closes tomorrow!
Poudre RiverFest
An event meant to celebrate the importance of the Poudre River and allow the community to connect with those who work to maintain it. This is an all day event designed for all ages, beginning at Noon. Expect food trucks, live music, a beer garden, and fun activities for the kids!
Sunday, June 3rd
11th annual Tour de Coop
The Tour de Coop is a 6-8 mile bike ride in which you'll travel to various chicken coops around the Fort Collins area, learning about chickens "from beak to butt." Starts at 8:30 a.m. and costs $25 to participate.
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Proceeding with a separation can be an incredibly scary and difficult time for any family. With conflicting emotions and worries about the future, it can be difficult to find a silver lining or to maintain a positive outlook throughout this period. However, by focusing on the past or your worries over your family, you are missing out on perhaps the most important opportunity for growth you will ever receive.
A period of separation opens up an opportunity for you to look ahead, and start planning and living the life you have always wanted to lead. Follow these simple tips to remain forward focused after a separation, and to quickly discover a happier version of the old you.
1. Seek Legal Advice
In order to move forward following a seperation, it is important to arrange a consultation with an experienced Family Lawyer. There are a number of legal requirements that need to be met when proceeding with a separation. Similarly, in order to file for divorce, if you decide to do so in the future, you will need to prove that a number of factors were met throughout the period of separation. These include the requirement that you have been separated for a period of 12 months or longer. As the definition of 'separated' can vary for those who for various reasons are remaining in the same home, it is important to seek the advice of an experience lawyer.
Discussing your specific circumstances with a family lawyer, ensures that you are informed throughout the process, and can focus on other areas of your life. If you do decide to then proceed with a divorce, you can enter the process fully aware of your rights and your obligations.
Consultation with an experienced lawyer, ensures that you will receive tailored legal advice and achieve a fair financial and property settlement.
2. Prioritise your Mental Health
Taking care of your mental health is essential when going through a separation. Finding positivity and moving forward throughout this difficult period, can only be achieved if you are in a strong mental state.
Seeking the assistance of a mental health professional can help those who are struggling with a separation, to move forward and remain focused and happy throughout a period of separation. Ending a relationship comes with unavoidable feelings of sadness and anxiety. By partnering with a mental health professional however, you can tackle your feelings head on, and remain clear in your vision for your exciting new future. If you would like additional professional support, speak to your GP about which option may be best for you.
3. Think of the Kids
Your kids are always your number one priority. A separation period can therefore bring considerable anxiety, over how your kids will cope with the changing nature of their family unit.
While a separation can be a confusing time for young children, there are many simple ways to ensure that your kids adjust to the change.
Start by always having open conversations with your kids. If possible, this should be alongside your former partner, to present a united front. If you and your partner cannot join to have this conversation, it is important to still speak positively about the other parent in front of your kids. Having stability in your children's routine, can also help children adjust to the changes within their home life. If they will spend some time with each parent, explain how this will work in practical terms. Keeping your kids informed and sticking to their original routine where possible, allows you feel comfortable that your kids will be okay.
Going through a separation with your partner can be an emotionally difficult time. Fortunately, with so many support avenues available, it is possible to make it a positive and forward-focused time in your life.


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The Art of Accountability
In recent years some of us may, at times, scratch our heads and wonder what happened to accountability. Why is it so difficult an attribute for people to maintain? We have seen this decline in the media, in changing standards for food labeling and it's certainly no secret that corporate America has suffered in this area. On a more personal level, we've all had to commit to something in our lives. Hopefully, we have weathered some challenges along the way but kept our sense of accountability in tact. I realize it is easier said than done. For instance, in the midst of January – a month with a trail of broken New Year's resolutions, it's a good time to take a closer look at this subject. If it weren't for the newly launched gym-pact.com, who knows where my exercise endeavors would be. It is absolutely possible to learn to become more accountable and, particularly, when it comes to a job search, the benefits of accountability are well worth the efforts so let's explore.
For starters, what goes wrong when people set out to be accountable to themselves or to others? It starts with a strong foundation of realistic goal setting. This is one of the biggest traps that people fall in to. If they begin with a lofty unattainable idea of what they can realistically do, this leads to feeling personally defeated instead of motivated. If you're a job changer, you should spend some time in the research phase of your goal planning. It would be great to know how many hours (either before work or after work) you can actually devote to a search without being overly exhausted.
What Is Career Coaching And How Can It Help You?
The process of career coaching and counseling is still somewhat foreign to many people, but in this current economic climate, not knowing that there is a professional support out there and how they can help you will only cause prolonged unhappiness, and unnecessary job search struggles. If you're sick with a chronic condition, you seek medical help, why not for your career? It affects every aspect of your life.
Recently I was interviewed by Demetrius Cheeks of Learnvest to find out what career coaches do, and how we can help people who are struggling with getting their career on track or succeed in difficult job search. In this interview with Demetrius I share my experiences as a Career Coach and how the art and science of career counseling can help prep you to compete against the millions of fellow job-seekers or find the right career fit.
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Happy New Year! 2013 is finally here and we are all brimming with the anticipation of what it could bring, holding a fistful of resolutions that we are determined to fulfill — some might even be career-related. The stumbling block to achieving many a resolution is becoming overwhelmed with the size of the task or the degree of change needed to achieve…
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After losing rugby's holy grail, the Currie Cup trophy, Schuks sets off on a hilarious journey to pay for his sins. The Sports Minister offers Schuks a lifeline to create a documentary film that shows South Africa in a positive light, in lieu of a R 1-million fine. As the documentary takes shape, the trophy traverses its own perilous journey as it moves from two clueless crooks to an enterprising traffic officer, as well as a conniving pawnbroker, among others. True to form, the "documentary" features a series of hidden camera gags, featuring unsuspecting South Africans and a host of famous personalities and celebrities.
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Whether you like it or not, Leon Schuster will be forever ingrained in the South African comedy landscape, important in shaping it as well as drawing criticism for it. Few can say they didn't grow up with his old movies and gags, and many believe his best days to be behind him. Although the years have not been kind, he still has a couple of laughs in him, and in his latest installment a couple of on-point gags helps you through an otherwise dreary, unfunny story.In the film, Schuks gets in trouble with the Sports Minister (Desmond Dube) after losing the famous Currie Cup to a scheming duo Bossie and Savage (Ivan Lucas and Gerrit Schoonhoven). Instead of paying a hefty fine, Schuks is tasked to make a positive documentary about the people of South Africa. The main focus of the film is the pranks, but the film would have been much better if this stupid plot was left out completely.You can't deny Schuster's brilliance when it comes to tugging at the loose threads of South African society, resulting not only in hilarious results, but also revealing a little more of what's beneath the veneer of the Rainbow Nation. The best example of this was when Schuster, disguised as a pro-Zuma municipality worker, installs toilets on the streets of a white-looking suburb because "they are fixing pipes" and the residents won't have water at their home. The outrage this of course taunts is funny not just because they take a few swipes at the prankster, but also when you think about the realities in townships where toilets in homes is a luxury. You don't see suburbia getting up in arms over that. There are of course the expected Eskom jokes, taxi escapades, car guard shenanigans and mocking of celebrities (of which the ultimate jewel of course is Robbie Wessels thinking he's going to jail for reckless driving), but Schuster has added an Italian and a Chinese to his plethora of characters. Extremely stereotyped, but that's what Schuster is all about, playing on people's prejudice.And here and there his own crew gives him a taste of his own medicine.As many as there were good gags, there were also terrible ones that induce intense cringing. The car guard spraying people's cars were not in good taste, and the makeup for Schuster's disguises were abominations. It's surprising that his older films had better makeup than his latest, which is also a result of people recognising Schuster way too easily these days. But he still managed to fool many. As mentioned, the plot around the gags was an absolute travesty, not garnering any laughter except for maybe Bossie and Savage (pulled from the archives of Sweet 'n Short). A contrived story punctuated with low humour and out-dated slapstick, the film should have stuck to the "fake European doing a South Afican documentary" gimmick rather than torture the audience with puns like "curry cup".Unfortunately, Schuster is getting too old to get "klapped by tannies", and I think he would make an excellent producer and director for a new generation of pranksters and comedians, if he were willing to pass on the torch. Love or hate him, he at least ended the film with a positive message for South Africa, and that despite it's many problems, it's still our country.
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CONCORD — On a cold, near-freezing morning the day after Christmas last year, Mike O'Reilly walked toward the Salvation Army pantry and found a man passed out in a sleeping bag under the building's covered walkway.
He woke up Waik Gan and told him he couldn't sleep there, and the man politely shuffled away. The next day, O'Reilly returned to work and found the same man asleep in the same place.
"I asked him how he's doing and has he ever thought about entering a drug program and he said, 'Yeah, I might need that,' " O'Reilly recalled during an interview at the Salvation Army Concord Corps, located along Clayton Road.
It was that morning that Gan got sober and started to rebuild his life with the help of the same nonprofit where he sought shelter.
"I felt like it was totally my calling and God had a plan for me to correct myself," the 51-year-old Gan said. "I needed to take that chance and I've been very serious."
The organization has received funding this year from Share the Spirit, an annual holiday campaign that serves needy residents in the East Bay. Donations support programs of more than 50 nonprofit agencies in Contra Costa and Alameda counties. The nonprofit plans to use the grant to fund part of its Christmas Assistance Program which helps at least 600 families with food, toys and clothing.
After Gan reached out for help late last year, O'Reilly had him tested for drugs and confirmed his suspicion. Gan had been addicted to meth, but O'Reilly said he felt a sense of decency and kindness in Gan and invited him into his Concord home to get clean. He said Gan bonded with O'Reilly's German shepherd Dusty.
"That was a good sign," laughed O'Reilly, the Concord facility's director of social services and recovery ministries.
Once Gan sobered up, O'Reilly found him a bed at the Adult Rehabilitation Center in Oakland. He began attending 12-step programs and following strict rules. His life was changing.
Born in Malaysia, Gan moved to the Los Angeles area at about age 8 and eventually wound up in Concord in the early 1980s as a young adult. In those years, he said he experimented with cocaine, marijuana and PCP but "nothing stuck." As he grew older, he was employed as an IT consultant in computer tech support and was married for 11 years.
Then he became addicted to cocaine. He got divorced around 2001 and his life swirled out of control. He had multiple evictions, his job became unstable and he began living out of his car and hotel rooms. By this time, his drug of choice was methamphetamine. Eventually, his car was impounded and he didn't have the money to get it back.
He had a girlfriend and stayed in her car near the Todos Santos Plaza in downtown Concord, but eventually wound up on the street. He was not well-equipped and struggled to keep warm and safe.
"I never tried to learn to live like that," he recalled. "I didn't think I'd be in this predicament … It was very depressing."
He slept in elevator alcoves and a used car lot that left cars unlocked, while spending days in Starbucks. On really cold nights, he would visit warming centers, and to eat, he'd get handouts from food banks and food stamps.
Shortly after Christmas last year, with temperatures dropping to 35 overnight, Gan wandered onto the Salvation Army property to use some of the blankets left beside a large donation storage trailer in the parking lot.
The next morning, he met O'Reilly.
Gan thrived at the Oakland rehab center and graduated after a few months into the one-year transitional housing program in Concord, where he stayed with other men in a home a few blocks away from the Salvation Army.
"It's been a complete change. Night and day," O'Reilly said. "I think he's on the right track. I think he's seen his last days underneath freeways and on church doorsteps."
Gan spoke calmly about his life last month, after finishing a shift at his new job working at the Pleasant Hill Salvation Army thrift shop. He wakes up at 6 a.m. each morning to ride his bike and take a bus to work. He's close to getting back his driver's license, which had been suspended.
Gan said he's returned to church as well. Previously a born-again Christian, he has been attending church every Sunday and Bible study on Tuesdays.
"I seek God for everything I do now and I love it," he said.
Gan has about six months left in his transitional housing program and he's saving money to prepare to find a place of his own.
"I was homeless and thinking my life is not going to amount to anything and it was really hard to get out of that situation," he said. "But now it's going great. I'm very happy."
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On the 1st session, there was an overview of RTF and Personal Questionnaire (PQ) which helped me to pen down the issues in my life which may be passed down from my forefathers. 2 weeks later after the completion of the 1st session, I received ministry from a ministry giver who prayed about my PQ. I am thankful to God that He has revealed to the ministry giver what were my issues. With the Holy Spirit leading my ministry giver, she was able to minister to my issues of anger, unfairness, abandonment, unlove, neglect and my biggest issue, anger. During the ministry time as led by the Holy Spirit, I was able to release and let go of all my issues, one at a time. God has cut off my issues and after the whole session, I felt that something inside me has totally left me, especially the root of my anger.
The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free
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Democrats the Media and What They Are Doing
It is sad what the media and the Democrat party, I guess I am repeating myself there, has done and what they are continuing to do to the fabric of our society. The destruction they have created and keep stoking is very sad.
They built up Trump as a monster and all the low information people and good people that are not that interested in politics only saw the headlines and now believe everything bad in the world is going to happen to them because Donald Trump has been elected President.
Well it is not!
I would ask them what are you going to say if all our lives do become better, will you accept that reality or deny it. If you accept it will you apologize for all the hysterics that you are creating?
Think about what you are doing to the children of America. You are scaring them by making them believe all of the evil which you believe will befall on them and America. What are you setting these children up to be when they become adults? Are they going to be able to make it in the real world when then must go out there and face the realities of life.
You have democrats now that are blatantly calling for the assassination of Donald Trump. Is this what you are teaching them when they face a perceived or conjured up adversity in life, aggression and violence?
There are Democrats that are now asking for betting odds on the chance that President Elect Donald Trump will be killed before the end of 2017.
You proud of yourself for!
There was more than 2000 Democrats in Grand Rapids chanting slogans like "I reject the President-elect," and "Donald Trump has got to go". They certainly have the right to voice their opinion but not the right to clog the streets of downtown Grand Rapids.
You have Democrats saying that the men who voted for President Elect Donald Trump are sexist well is it fair to turn that statement around and say the women who voted for Hillary Clinton are also sexist?
What about the 50 percent of white women in Michigan who voted for Trump, according to exit polls, what are they. Apparently only 43 percent of women in Michigan voted for Clinton.
I say neither are sexist unless you only voted for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump because she was a woman or he is a man. Almost everyone I believe voted for their candidate because they believed their stated policies would be better for the country.
Are you going to deny that most people who voted for Trump voted because of issues they care about, not simply because of a candidate's race or gender? Yes Donald Trump had many flaws, so do most people. He was a flawed messenger but the message was true. Voters, including women, voted for him because they can look past some flaws as they do when they become our wives, husbands or significant others. These people believed he was our best option for improving the economy, overhauling Obamacare and protecting us the citizens of the United States.
Now let us move on to the LGBTQ community. The Democrats and the media, painted Donald Trump as a monster, did they conveniently forget that Trump consistently stood up for gay and transgender rights. Did they conveniently forget that at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland Donald Trump said that he would do everything in his power to protect LGBTQ citizens?
Apparently so.
How about this States like Oregon and California that now say they want to secede from the United States. Well I say see you later. I have been wondering for a while what would happen if a state or portion of American where to secede from the United States and all of the liberals and progressives can move there and build their nirvana. I wonder how long that portion of the United States would last before they begged the rest of America to allow them to come back to the Union.
Those are my thoughts what about yours.
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Speaking of being down with O.P.P. The Naughty Sweeties — a "new wave" band hailing from Los Angeles — only had one song that anybody ever heard, but it's a corker: "Alice" is a weirdly hilarious ditty about getting cheated on.
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The Long Haul of Forest Gardening
Two years ago Pat started to transform a grassy meadow near the barn into a forest garden. I couldn't explain it at the time, but I was struggling with our altering the natural environment. (Turns out, it would be the first of many projects that have altered the natural environment at Spring Bird). I was afraid of losing something or somehow wrongfully altering the landscape in some way, but as Pat it explained, it was one of the few places here that had some sun. So, this meadow, that had sported the horseshoe stakes and burn pit, had to become a garden.
Pat began with surrounding the garden on three sides with a dead hedge composed of honeysuckle branches and old logs.
The depth and height of the hedge would discourage deer from jumping over it, since they'd be unsure of where they could land. He planted some gooseberries, a pair of pawpaws, strawberries, onions, comfrey, roses, willow, and raspberries. Last year, he created beds using the lasagna mulching method layering organic matter on top of cardboard.
This year we are planting in those beds along with attempting to establish borders and paths using what's on hand- more honeysuckle branches and tree slices. While the main purpose of a forest garden is to grow perennial, edible plants for consumption, we are also using part of it for dye plants, and because the deer eat everything everywhere else, I weaseled a flower garden into the space, as well.
So, we have planted a flower bed with foxgloves, lupine, sunflowers, hollyhocks, weld (for dyeing), canna lilies, iris, phlox and gooseberries. One bed is a devoted herb garden with lavender, oregano, sage, thyme, pots of rosemary, peony (from Penelope's birth), lemon balm, and yarrow. There's a small rose patch, a rhubarb patch, a squash patch, a ramp patch, and a zinnia patch for dyeing. The kids took on a fairy garden with pole beans, nasturtium, pie pumpkins, and parsley. And if that weren't enough, we've ordered angelica, false aster, wild geranium, hairy beardtongue, and obedient plant.
Aside from planting, I hope to transform the garden by adding three Aldo Leopold Benches, willow arches, a bird bath, and some weaving on the fence.
I should also mention that there are some woodland perennials that have found a safe place to grow in the shady areas. Red trillium and Jack and the Pulpit have taken root. There is also a prolific mulberry in one corner, and a good third of the garden hasn't been touched since the ducks have been grazing on it this Spring. Once they are moved to another meadow, we will continue constructing paths and beds on that side.
Sigh! It is an immense amount of work, and I can see the decades ahead of working this one bit of land and still not arriving at any sort of completion. That said, as meager and basic as it is at this moment, it already feels more inviting than before. I'm hoping that it can become a useful place for walking, gazing, and meditating for future guests to Spring Bird. It's a start!
PS This is the first in three projects at Spring Bird. We hope to plant around the watering hole, that we made last summer from the run-off water. Also, we are going to transform the pool into a pond with a screen porch at one end for sitting bug free. The work never ceases, but it will be so worth it when it is all complete for us and guests to enjoy!(And for the plants and animals! Our cats love rolling on our herbs! :()
I'd Rather Be Quilting
I can't remember exactly when I promised myself that I would make a quilt, but I must have been around twenty. Making a quilt seemed like an enormous task--like running a marathon. It seemed like the kind of project that you only get around to doing once in your life. Growing up, I remember seeing the ironing board perpetually positioned at a forty-five degree angle to my Aunt Kathy's dining room table. It would be dressed with trips of pieced cloth alongside a cool iron. The sewing machine took up post in corner, frozen mid-stitch. The two seemed to beckon my Aunt Kathy who was busy making dinner after a long day at work. I imagined her thinking, "I'd rather be quilting".
So, somewhere in my college years, I decided that I was going to make a quilt--that I had to make a quilt. The call came from no certain place, but it was as true as can be. Fifteen years ago, I graduated from college, and two weeks later, got married. After such enormous moments, came a strange liminal place--the kind that I dread most. (I loathe being in between.) Pat and I were waiting on a Peace Corps placement and living with my parents. It was a strange time with no studies, no work, and a heap of wedding presents with no home to put them in. We were in a state of suspension. Meanwhile, my Mom's neighbor was cleaning out her spare bedroom and offered me her old singer sewing machine. Her timing couldn't have been better. I'd never used a sewing machine before, and I had no idea how to begin a quilt, but it was time.
With an armful of library books, I taught myself the basics of piecing quilts. On graph paper, I excitedly scratched out a design--a simple green and white ninepatch. I called it my "wedding quilt" because it featured fabric with a fern motif. (Ferns were a big part of our wedding theme). Anyway, by the time I worked through numerous glitches in the sewing machine --troubleshooting my way through tension problems and hand winding bobbins (because I didn't know any better), I was ready to start quilting. By then, It was also time to begin our volunteer work at Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas. (Peace Corps didn't work out, another story for another time).
I finished that first quilt at Annunciation House, and almost immediately began a second (pictured above). Turns out living in a homeless shelter and confronting your own unearned privileges is emotionally taxing, and sewing is immensely therapeutic. I had to keep going, and therefore had to keep sewing!
One of my responsibilities at Annunciation House was maintaining order in the basement clothing bank. I pilfered some homemade moomoos and a tie-dyed t-shirt or two. I also purchased some bright knits at a local shop. (I was choosing all the wrong types of fabric, but I had no idea.) I cut up each garment and fabric into tiny 1 1/2" squares which I HAND pieced into 12" strips, which I then I HAND pieced into 12" squares. Once I was reunited with my singer, I machine pieced the 12" squares together before hand quilting spirals over the entire quilt--which my Aunt Kathy pointed out I was doing incorrectly. I had started from the end--instead of the middle! So, maybe I didn't read those books so thoroughly. . .
A dozen quilts later, I found myself in grad-school finding my way through my thesis. I really wanted to make quilts with the young adults I was working with at a Chicago homeless shelter, but making an entire quilt was too much for the residents and me in the time we had together. My supportive advisor recommended pieced pillows instead. It worked out brilliantly. Together we made dozens of pieced pillows, and I made a quilt commemorating the project--pieced from documentary photos from the project printed on fabric. I hope that making pillows brought some comfort to their liminality. I know it really helped me.
So, it turns out that I sew through uncertainty, and when I heard that my good childhood friend had cancer, I knew I had to make her a quilt (pictured below). Since she lives in another state, it felt like something concrete that I could do to alleviate her suffering --even if it was just to keep the cold away for awhile. The design was inspired by a collage by artist Ed Cheverton. The spiral is pieced from fabric scraps and upcycled clothes. The navy is Kona Cotton fabric. For me, the spiral is a powerful symbol of finding finding one's way through life--it's joys and challenges. It also represents creativity and new beginnings.
I made my friend's quilt and immediately after, a second one like it to sell. I'd like to make the same design in various color combinations. I've never made multiples of a quilt design before. I am curious to find out what I learn from this experience. It feels very exciting, for sure. Sew, here goes nothing! (sorry, not sorry)
PS if you are interested in purchasing the Margo Snake Quilt or subsequent MSQ's check out my Etsy Shop.
Motherhood at Spring Bird
Oh my gosh! There has been so much happening at Spring Bird. Spring was late, but Spring has delivered, and in the case of a Mama deer, she literally delivered a fawn last Thursday. On a walk through the woods and not far from the house, my own Mom and her friend discovered the fawn with its mother near a yew tree. The mother and some other adult deer ran away leaving the fawn, who attracted my curious cats. Ninja got close enough to sniff, and that's when I stepped in to pull her away. We instinctively pulled away from this sweet baby who was bleating like a goat and locking eyes with us, but the fawn started to follow on the wobbliest legs. "Ugh oh" we thought, "We are not your mother baby!" It was an exhilarating moment of delight, surprise, panic and fear. We did not want to come between the mother and the baby, but we also couldn't help but witness this brand new life. We did move on leaving the fawn behind near a big oak tree. We were afraid that the mother wouldn't come back or that we had disturbed the bonding process. Since our fawn encounter on Thursday, I have not seen it since. Hopefully as the fawn grows, we'll see Mom and baby together. I am pretty sure this baby will remember the three of us and the two cats. I think the experience left an impression on all of us!
Also, super exciting news in the barn! One of our three ducks decided to sit on a nest this past week! Last year, we had some intermittent nesting happening, and we were never sure if our domestic ducks would have a strong enough instinct to commit to a nest. So, the good news is she has been sitting consistently since Tuesday. She is safe in the barn with plenty of food and water. The other two ducks and drake join her at night, but Pat will be moving them to the meadows sometime this week. The bad news is that we have no idea if any of the eggs are fertilized. So, her commitment could be for nothing, which breaks my heart. I am sure there are a dozen other things that could prevent successful hatchlings, too, but it is exciting nevertheless. In a couple of weeks, we could have ducklings!
Although we generally respect her seclusion, I snuck the above picture of her this morning. She was squawking at me as any protective mother would. Also, just a curious note, when a duck chooses to nest, she will sit on all of the eggs that are laid -- even those by other ducks. I think this is really interesting to think about in terms of evolution.
Finally, the birds seem to be parenting, too. We have a very protective wren dwelling in the birdhouse near the patio. A couple of cardinals are building a nest next to our front door. (I'm hoping they relocate for their own sake--somewhere far from our cats). And we watched a pair of Blue Jays attack a squirrel. Now, I'm not sure if they were protecting their nest or their nuts. Either way, that was the first time I've seen a squirrel deterred by blue jays.
Also, animals are reproducing in other parts of the world. (Imagine that!) Below are photos from South Africa and Florida. My sister-in-law took these photos of a lioness with her cubs and the mother and baby elephant on her weekend safari. While in Florida, our friend has been studying in her back yard a father duck and his ten babies! So, I guess life goes on everywhere.
And finally, a very happy birthday to Penelope who turned 8 yesterday! She very graciously shared her birthday with me as it was also mother's day. Penelope is so smart, funny, creative, curious, confident, and a visionary. If I can be half the woman that she already is, I will be most satisfied. I love watching her become herself and develop grand plans for how she wants to live and as she discovers what she wants to offer the world. She knows what she wants and is not afraid to ask for it. Look out world, Penelope is here!
Turns Out -- We Are Rettlers!
Recently, we were very fortunate to connect with Lisa Frank, the founder of Rettlers, a platform for connecting travelers with "radical homemakers, farmers, environmentalists, artists, and community builders providing intentional hospitality in the rural midwest." In early April, Lisa traveled from Minneapolis to stay at Spring Bird cottage. It was lovely to meet with Lisa and learn more about her work, promoting and assisting in the development and connections of travelers to rural life. Also, it was affirming to learn more about the other like-minded souls seeking similar lifestyles to ours.
"The Path Less Travelled" can feel lonely at times even though you know it's the right path for you. Having Lisa Frank understand what we are doing and strive to do, helps to feel seen, and that is no small thing. Being seen and understood by even one person can help you to keep going--to plow past doubt, fear, and the skeptics.
I do believe that we all hunger for natural environments, which can be embodied in a variety of ways. In fact our bodies are embodiments of nature. Spring Bird is just one particular place with its own landscape, characteristics, watershed, animals, plants, insects, and people. We are stewards of this place for the future inhabitants, but in the meantime want to open our doors, pull down our fences to share this place with anyone seeking some woodland retreat.
OKAY, enough of my bumbling words, please read Lisa Frank's story about Spring Bird here, and check out the other Rettlers Stays here. It's the perfect time to plan a trip!
Many thanks to Lisa for the beautiful photo (above) and for being a heartfelt, community builder, who is carving many beautiful paths throughout the midwest!
Since his passing on April 19, I have been thinking about how to write about David Bartholomew, previous owner/tenant of these wooded acres. Everyday that I have lived at Spring Bird, I have thought about David. I think about him in his carefully tooled signs, in his neatly stacked piles of logs, in the crutches that he fashioned for to prop the heavy bows of the yew trees, and in his fashioned handrails made from tree branches. He has left his careful, thoughtful marks on this land through his nurturing of it. I pray that we will be as loving to this place as he was.
In the fall of 2014, I interviewed Martha and David about Siloam for a grad school project. I recorded that interview on my laptop--you know, that brand new mac that I spilled my coffee on and ruined. We think that we saved the recording on a hard drive, but it may require a tech wizard to retrieve it. Anyway, all of this to say, I was really hoping to share with you David's telling of falling in love with this place--which at that time was Torkel Korling's arboretum. In that interview, David described arriving at Korling's open house with Martha and their son. They came to see the trees. They weren't intending to buy the property, but as he walked down the cement staircase he told himself, "No, I don't want to move!", but his body knew that this place was next to be his--for him to care for.
I have felt similar magic travelling down those stairs. One summer, Penelope and I sat on one of those cement steps surrounded by boxwood, sheltered by the dry stacked, stone wall. She told me how much she loved that staircase and suggested that we should make our own place there for just us. I wholeheartedly agreed.
Also, in that interview, David shared much more wisdom and advice, and if I can ever resurrect it, I'd love to edit it for you so that you may benefit from it. In the meantime, we have his signs and his woodland works to contemplate. In fact one of his famous signs has since disintegrated. It read, "You Are Here". I am sure I have written about it before, but this sign, for me, is the greatest joke and philosophical wisdom all wrapped into one. I love it so much that I printed it on tote bags, and I hashtag all of my Instagram posts with it as a constant reminder/invitation to remember that You Are Here--like right here--right now! So What! Now What?
Thank you David for all that you have done and been! Just like your sign, your body may not be here anymore, but your spirit very much is. I will continue to meet you in the trees!
Anna Lentz, artist, writer, and creativity coach who blogs about making a creative life connected with nature at Spring Bird.
January 2020


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He was bold, decisive and forthright. Yet, President Muhammadu Buhari was at the same time conciliatory, consensual and diplomatic. The occasion was Tuesday's National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), where the President overruled the earlier extension of tenure by one year granted the Chief John Odigie-Oyegun-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the party by the NEC. President Buhari admitted that the decision of the NEC at its February 27, 2018, meeting to extend the tenure of members of the NWC by one year "was duly carried by a majority of members present…even though some of our party members have since spoken up very vehemently against it. Others have even taken the matter to court". But apparently weighing in with his critical and difficult to ignore voice as leader of the party, Buhari told his audience that legal advice at his disposal was to the effect that the extension contravened both the Constitution of the APC and the Constitution of the country.
In the President's words: "While the APC Constitution, in Article 17(1) and 13.2(B), limits the tenure of elected officers to four years, renewable once by another election, the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended), in section 223, also prescribes periodic elections for party executives at regular intervals, which must not exceed four years". Warning that the party should avoid the potentially very risky implications of legal challenges to its decisions if they violated constitutional provisions either of the APC or the country, the President stressed the need to immediately begin processes for going on with already scheduled party congresses and conventions to pick new party officers at all levels. In his characteristic manner, Buhari nevertheless threw his position open for discussion by NEC members apparently seeking to hear alternative views and superior arguments.
Some distinguished senior lawyers and members of the party NEC who spoke in opposition to the President's stance reportedly expressed the view that NEC's decision was valid and within the law, that internal decisions of the party could not be challenged in court and that, in any case, the decision on tenure elongation was sanctioned by a majority of members of party members. The subtle insinuation here was that the President's was a minority view on the matter and should not override the majority if the democratic principle were to be adhered to. However, the intervention by the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), reinforced the President's position when he cited judicial decisions in Kano State specifically which had gone against the party because the party executives in place were appointed and not elected as mandated by the party constitution. He said the judicial decisions obligated the political parties to abide by their constitutions.
But then, is there any need for the ruling party going into this tenure elongation controversy? Why should incumbent party executives at all levels seek to continue in office automatically without being subjected to the test of internal party democratic processes? If a key strength of the APC against the ruling PDP in 2014 was its open and transparent intra-party contests in contradistinction to the farcical exercises of the latter, why should the APC be eager to dispense with internal elections for tenure elongation at a time when the PDP, though still badly battered, is gradually getting its act together? Of course, let me quickly say here that it is entirely up to the APC if it opts to contest the next critical election from a legally fragile and morally diminished position. But as this column said when commenting on the last PDP convention, political parties are so critical to our political process that their internal affairs cannot be left to the whims and fancies of party members alone. Those who are non card carrying members of political parties also have a responsibility to encourage these critical structures to respect stipulated constitutional procedures in managing their affairs in the interest of the stability and well being of the larger political system.
There are those who contend that the APC is so crisis ridden that holding party congresses to elect new party executives shortly before the 2019 polls will leave the party even more divided and thus ill prepared to compete effectively in the election. It is my view that the picture of a badly fragmented party in no position to abide by its own constitution al requirement to elect new party executives every four years is greatly exaggerated. The truth of the matter is that for an alliance hurriedly cobbled together to fight the 2015 election, the APC has held its own quite reasonably in the circumstances. In any case, why should the APC seek to project a public image of a party so divided that it has become practically dysfunctional? Is this not ultimately self-defeating? For, if it cannot manage its internal affairs as a political party, why should Nigerians entrust the party further with the responsibility of running the affairs of the country?
Again, if the party has not made remarkable progress towards becoming a more cohesive organizational entity since the 2015 election, a huge chunk of the blame surely lies on the party executives seemingly so desperate for tenure elongation. It is difficult to understand, for instance, why the relationship between the National Assembly and the Presidency was allowed to degenerate so badly without the party leadership doing anything meaningful about it for so long. The consequence is that the Buhari administration has been considerably slowed down in the implementation of its policies to the detriment not only of the party's image but the progress of the country. In the same vein, the party leadership inexplicably folded its arms and simply looked on as the APC degenerated into crises in several states. Surely, with a proactive, dynamic and purposeful party leadership in place, these crises could have been long tackled without the need of the President setting up a crisis resolution committee.
Another argument of the tenure elongation proponents is that the period between now and next year's election is too short for the party to organize and stage successful congresses and conventions. This should certainly not be so if the party puts its mind to it. After all, it performed an even more herculean feat by holding at least three conventions between its formation and the last general election. It will only task the astuteness and acumen of the party leadership to the utmost. Again, however, the party leadership's inexcusable lack of proactive initiative must be blamed if the APC finds itself in a tight corner as regards holding constitutionally stipulated congresses and conventions before next year's elections. Since the party executive was aware of the time table for the elections as well as the legal expiry of its own tenure, preparations for these exercises should have been well under way by now. Should the current party leadership be rewarded with tenure elongation in these circumstances for what is clearly a dereliction of duty on their part?
It is my view that the APC will be in worse shape if it does not hold elective congresses and conventions to elect new executives at state and national levels as and at when due than if it does. For one, scores of party members who seek to contest party offices at all levels will feel short-changed as well as disaffected and alienated. Beyond this, hundreds of aspirants seeking to contest for the governorship or presidential tickets of the party will be justified in feeling that the incumbent occupants of the positions have a vested interest in desiring the continuation in office of the present party executives beyond their legal four-year terms. The credibility of the governorship and presidential primaries will be significantly enhanced if they are conducted by party executives that emerge through the will of the party members in free, open and transparent intra-party contests.
Contrary to the impression in many quarters, the issue of tenure elongation does not necessarily center on the person of the APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun. It is rather a matter of fidelity to the party and the country's constitutions. In any case, Oyegun like other members of the current NWC are not proscribed from seeking reelection into their current positions if they so desire. Those who believe they have performed well enough to continue in office will surely have the opportunity to vote for them while those opposed to the incumbents will also test their electoral strength among duly elected delegates. It is the principle of adherence to constitutional and democratic principles that matter and not personalities. In the final analysis, however, President Buhari deserves commendation for taking the lead in setting APC on the right course of constitutional adherence.


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League of Extraordinary G'z & Statik Selektah – "Grind" (listen)
by Andrew Sacher
Austin rap collective League of Extraordinary G'z are a relatively new group, but they harken back to a past era of southern hip hop, at times recalling classic groups like Outkast, Goodie Mob, Geto Boys, and the early trap rap of T.I. They just released their debut LP, #LeagueShit (it's on iTunes), which featured from a few actual vets, including Dead Prez and GZA collaborators Grupo Fantasma.
LOEGz are now revealing a non-album track, "Grind," which was produced by Statik Selektah, who has provided old school-style beats for other recent '90s devotees like Action Bronson and Freddie Gibbs. That track makes its premiere in this post, and you can listen to it below.
League of Extraordinary G'z – "Grind" (prod. Statik Selektah)


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Metal Gear Solid V – The Phantom Pain 1/6 Quiet Statue – Gecco
The Phantom Pain is recreated as 1/6 scale statue. Quiet, the sniper unable to speak from Metal Gear Solid V is here.
Her powerful feminine pose contrasts beautifully with the long and hard sniper rifle in hand. All of the details have been faithfully captured from the smallest bolt on the rifle to the ripped sheer tights on her legs making this an incredibly realistic piece of art! The head is interchangeable with the butterfly mark face. The knife and handgun are detachable from the statue along with the sniper rifle which can be displayed with or without the suppressor.
All her beauty marks are faithfully painted as seen in the model sheet. The display base features the motif of the Aabe Shifap Ruins where she tried to capture Snake
Optional parts: Butterfly mark face, Sniper rifle, Handgun, Knife, Display base
It stands approx. 30 cm tall and comes in a window box packaging.
Available to order now from Epic Heroes Shop
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