I know very little about San Francisco, but I can tell you that everyone who’s spent time there has told me I’d love it. So when I had the chance to pop in and out for a work trip last week, I made certain I could carve out three hours for a good walk to explore … Continue reading »
To my surprise, it turns out I thoroughly enjoy documenting life through the lens of a camera. I like the point and shoot method, followed by some trickery in iPhoto or an app. Yes, it would be lots of fun to play around with a high end digital camera–it might even persuade me to get … Continue reading »
Along with my friend Adrienne and my dog Freida, I hoofed several hundred miles this past year around Lady Bird Lake (formerly Town Lake), in Austin, TX. The name’s a bit deceiving; it really doesn’t look like a lake. It looks more like a river that cuts from east to west and separates south Austin … Continue reading »
My sister tells me that, as a girl scout, I used to carve bars of soap, and she says I was pretty darned good at it. too. I have exactly no recollection of this. None. And, as far as I can recall, I never took a knife to wood. But I’ve really felt the pull … Continue reading »
Way back near the start of the BSP, I got cooking on the “Collecting Hobbies” badge and decided that my collection of choice would be the magical, magnificent Chia Pet. Early readers got a full history of the Chia pet, as well as the ground rules I was setting for my collecting habit, based, of … Continue reading »
Yes, art night: It meets in secret, whenever select stars align, and there’s a password and handshake. Participants pass through a series of rooms, each more vivid and enchantingly adorned than the next with color and texture and shape. Beyond lies the studio, a play room of canvases, paints, chalk, papers, woods and much more, … Continue reading »
Last week, I revealed the results of my first attempts at working with clay. While I technically completed the tasks as required, I think we could all agree that there was room for improvement. I also wanted to add some finishing touches to the charming creations I’d made. BADGE WORK UPDATE: CERAMICS AND CLAY, ART … Continue reading »
BADGE WORK UPDATE: “COLLECTING” HOBBIES In this follow-up post to last Monday, I take on a few more tasks related to my choice to collect Chia Pets: the item’s history, as well as some information about collecting them. And I fully grant that this information will NOT be of interest to all BSP readers. About … Continue reading »
BADGE WORK REPORT: “COLLECTING” HOBBIES Who doesn’t love a badge that gives a scout permission to collect something just for the fun of it? And what middle-aged person doesn’t need another collection of… well… something… The “Collecting” Hobbies badge encourages this kind of behavior, and I just love it. Before starting a collection, however, scouts … Continue reading »
