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How we _really_ honor those we’ve lost
With our lives. Aimlessness and loss compound each other. Perhaps you’re lying in bed at night worrying about tomorrow or next...
Mar 12, 20162 min read
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Luminations — Being flame…
luminations noun, plural. 1. Gleams, glimmers, perspectives, clarity.  See also, dawn, morning, simplicity, resilience, work, love,...
Dec 8, 20151 min read
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Luminations — Loosening A Grip on Overwhelm
luminations noun, plural. 1. Gleams, glimmers, perspectives, clarity.  See also, dawn, morning, simplicity, resilience, love, home.  2....
Dec 1, 20151 min read
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7th Bozeman Pecha Kucha — The Anti-Internet Experience!
It’s time again! If you don’t know about it yet, you should because you’ll LOVE IT! Such a great Bozeman evening, repeated twice. ...
Sep 8, 20132 min read
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Survivors, Creativity and Leadership presentation at the Bozeman Public Library
Lorca Smetana From Chaos to Beauty: Survivors, Creativity and Leadership Brown Bag Lunch Presentation at the Bozeman Public Library...
May 27, 20131 min read
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This I believe.
We are all together on this ship and some of us will die sooner. Some young. I will grieve again, and comfort. It may be me. Those of us...
Sep 10, 20122 min read
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On homing talent
Wonder how homing pigeons get home? Me too! But here’s what’s known so far. Aren’t they the coolest? How they do it… #homing #migration
Apr 30, 20111 min read
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Library release with kids!
Afterward we took all the birds out to the front lawn on Main Street. Half of the birds I gave into the hands of children, and they hand...
Nov 17, 20101 min read
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Bozeman Library Presentation and Release
The birds are loving these late October sunny days, but we’ve gotten out the warmers to keep the waterers from freezing at night. The...
Oct 20, 20101 min read
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Belgrade Senior Center Visit
Home into the aviary! Free loft for the afternoon This Wednesday I took a basket of birds to talk at the Senior Center in Belgrade. I...
Aug 28, 20102 min read
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Birchwood Talk and Release
Cadma, veteran hen This week I took a basket of birds up to Birchwood, the assisted living part of the Hillcrest retirement center for a...
Aug 19, 20101 min read
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