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Candy Chang: Before I die I want to…

February 2, 2013by Val 3 Comments

If I were walking down the street and came across a “Before i die …” wall, I hope I would write something honest and revealing about myself even if it […]

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Art, Community, Death, hope, Performance Art, Public Art, women
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Floyd Dryden Middle School Orchesta

February 2, 2013by Val Leave a comment

Music matters. Research today tells us that the successful leaders and entrepreneurs of the future will need to use both art and science to navigate the problems of the future. Adding music and art to science and math curriculums actually improves science and math proficiency.

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Art, education, Middle school, music

kd lang “Hallelujah” CSHF 2006 – YouTube

June 9, 2012by Val Leave a comment

kd lang "Hallelujah" CSHF 2006 – YouTube. Sent chills down my back and filled my eyes with unspilled tears. Amazing and haunting. Thanks to my friend John for sending my […]

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On Being A Minnesotan

June 5, 2011by Val 1 Comment

I like Minnesota.  St. Paul reminds me of Portland with its river front park, winding tree-lined streets, old homes and quirky neighborhoods bustling with restaurants, shops and art galleries.  And […]

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Art, Family, Travel
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If I had Saxaphones

January 22, 2010by Val Leave a comment

I love Jimmy Buffet.  God help me but I do. I”m a hawaiian-shirt-in-flip-flops Parrot Head and proud of it. I’m late at work tonight, and Jimmy is once again my […]

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Jimmy Buffett, music

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Do a little more of that work which you have sometimes confessed to be good, which you feel that society and your justest judge rightly demands of you. Do what you reprove yourself for not doing. Know that you are neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with yourself without reason. Let me say to you and to myself in one breath, Cultivate the tree which you have found to bear fruit in your soil. - Henry David Thoreau

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