About the Big Scout Project
In this three-year odyssey, our middle-aged scout, Jean Synodinos, works her way through the badges in the Jr. Girl Scout handbook in an effort to live a wider life. What could possibly go wrong?RSS, Baby!
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Quarterly Report Card is In!
Earlier this month, I offered a little data on the BSP’s progress, and in this post, I’m pleased to announce that the Virtual Troop Leaders have wisely approved the task work done in the 1st quarter of the 2nd year. Woo Hoo! … Continue reading
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Make a Simple Seashell Mobile
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the last post in a string of posts that will mention seashells for a long, long time. Thank the heavens or curse the stars if you like. I’m just saying Amen. If you saw the … Continue reading
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A Rant About Girl Scout Cookies
Have you seen ‘em? Smart young girls in front of supermarkets and drug stores and Wal-Marts, surrounded by boxes of Thin Mints and Caramel deLites? I haven’t! I haven’t seen a single box of these bad boys this year, and … Continue reading
It’s Valentine’s Day: Love Thyself!
I’ve been working on a post on the subject of Valentine’s Day for days now and just tossed it in the virtual trash. It was a mildly amusing tale of disappointing celebrations, major disaster, and some personal (wholly unattractive) martyrdom. … Continue reading
Don’t Need No Fancy Tools to Make Your Fancy Jewels!
In the last post, I shared a quick video on making simple jewelry from seashells and beads, and today I’m sharing two more items I made on the same weekend. You get on a roll, and you gotta go with … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts and Crafts, Jewelry, make jewelry, seashells
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