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The Quilt & the Creation. Pt. 2 The Plan

Janice KirkNovember 29th, 2023|Categories: Blog|Tags: abundant life, bark beetle, Book of Nature, creeks, drought, field guides, forests, Gospel lifestyle, grieve the losses, Hawaiian print, it takes a village, landscape quilt, meadows, native fish, overdevelopment, overgrazing, prairie, Quilt, rivers, Southwest, wilderness|

  Bird tracks cross our Southwest Journey The best year of our lives [...]

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What inspired me to write “The Christmas Redwood, a Forest Parable”?

Janice KirkDecember 1st, 2020|Categories: beauty, Blog, Cherish the Earth, Christianity, Christmas|Tags: bull elk, burls, cathedral, Christmas gift, cones, Creator's handiwork, ferns, field sketching, gift, Good News, Jesus of Nazareth, labor of love, Lady Bird Johnson Grove, Redwood forest, Redwood National Park, Redwoods, rhododendrons, Save the Redwoods League|

A Christmas Gift The redwood forest is a wondrous place, nearly unbelievable the first time [...]

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Review of Milton the Mouse

Janice KirkJune 11th, 2020|Categories: Blog|

Award-Winning Author Nancy Plain, recently read and reviewed my book, Milton The Mouse. Thank you [...]

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Out Sketching. Seeing the Natural World

Janice KirkMay 9th, 2020|Categories: Blog, Out Sketching|Tags: "hidden wholeness", alternate, animal networks, awareness, be attentive, consumers, cosmic design, drawing pencil, dynamic systems, fully alive, God's creation, good neighbor, invisible webs, life community, listening, mysteries, Nature Sketchbook, noticing, opposite, poetry, producers, protectors, ripple patterns, seeing, smelling, touching, undulatus, whorl, wonders|

On the Trail at Crater Lake OR, 6.97 Welcome to the outdoor world! Bring [...]

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Cherish the Earth. Going to Holden Part 2. Life at Holden

Janice KirkFebruary 15th, 2020|Categories: Blog, Cherish the Earth|Tags: chalet, cherish the earth, community, Creation Care, dish team, disposables, fruits and vegetables, garbology, healthy diet, Holden Evening Prayer, Holden Village, inclusiveness, Lake Chelan, life is short, live sustainably, microcosm, mine remediation, Railroad Creek, re-purpose, recycle, social justice, solidarity, summer garden|

View from Chalet 3, Holden Village WA 1980 Part 2. Life at Holden [...]

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Cherish the Earth. Part 1. Going to Holden

Janice KirkFebruary 8th, 2020|Categories: Blog, Cherish the Earth|Tags: copper mine, ELCA, Eucharist, Holden Evening Prayer, Holden Village, Lady of the Lake, Lake Chelan WA, Lucerne, North Cascades, out sketching, Railroad Creek, vespers, village naturalist|

View from Chalet 3, Holden Village WA Part 1. Going to Holden Getting [...]

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Arts Smart. Part 7. Arts Lessons Help Students Think

Janice KirkNovember 9th, 2019|Categories: Arts Smart, Blog|Tags: auditory learner, brain development, concrete learning, corpus callosum, criterion referenced tests, holistic thinking, intuitive, kinesthetic/tactile learner, memory, metaphoric thinking, reality, reflection, right brain, sensory perception, spatial thinking, synthesis, thinking skills, truth, visual learner|

Milton the Mouse Listened to John Milton's poetry, Danced to a Beethoven Contra Dance, Loved [...]

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Arts Smart Part 6. What Can Parents Do?

Janice KirkOctober 19th, 2019|Categories: Arts Smart, Blog|Tags: Art Budget Wars, Arts Advocacy, child prodigy, keystone, School budget, sensory perception, Suzuki, Visual and Performing Arts, whole child|

Milton the Mouse Who listened to Beethoven and quoted John Milton A very smart mouse! [...]

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Arts Smart Part 5. A Fight for the Arts Budget? Not again!

Janice KirkOctober 12th, 2019|Categories: Arts Smart, Blog|Tags: achievement tests, art, art education, Art Smart, Arts Budget, music, music education, school board, school superintendent|

Milton the Mouse came to live with the Stewart family, a musical household. He increased [...]

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Arts Smart Pt. 4: Expressive Arts and Mental Health

Janice KirkOctober 5th, 2019|Categories: Arts Smart, Blog|Tags: accomplishment, art, Arts Smart, big picture, clay, concrete learning, contentment, dance, depression, drama, drums, Expressive Arts, expressive outlet, frill, holistic, insight, intuitive thinking, mental health, metaphor, music, perception, Peter Drucker, reflection, right brain, School budget, spatial thinking, success, suicidal thoughts, synthesis|

Milton the Mouse became a very smart mouse in the Stewart household. He even found [...]

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Arts Smart Part 3. The Arts Can Start at Home

Janice KirkSeptember 28th, 2019|Categories: Arts Smart, Blog|Tags: academic discipline, band, Bell Telephone Hour, choir, disciplines, Drawing, Evangeline, orchestra, painting, performance discipline, poetry, practice, sensory perception, The Standard Hour|

Milton the Mouse began his Arts Training in the Stewart household He loved Beethoven and [...]

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Arts Smart Part 2: What Makes It Work?

Janice KirkSeptember 21st, 2019|Categories: Arts Smart, Blog|Tags: art, artist, Arts Educaton. Art Smart, beauty, brain development, cultural bridges, history, input, Language Arts, literature, meaning, music, musician, output, sensory perception, singer, traditional art forms, writer|

Milton the Mouse learns to love Beethoven and quote John Milton's poetry Milton is a [...]

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