It’s a fascinating experience to meet someone in person who you’ve been digital friends with for a while. Fascinating, a bit strange, and SO MUCH FUN.
Category: Ideas
Love Note: Winter Birch
Birch trees against a backdrop of clean snow give me such a peaceful, easy feeling… here’s a poem for the other tree lovers out there: “When I Am Among the Trees” by Mary Oliver.
Love Note: Indoor Playground
Yet another thing to love at Modern Dwellers – retro playground equipment, indoors. The perfect place to sip your hot chocolate or enjoy your sweet treats!
Love Note: Snow Falls on City Streets
Dear Anchorage,
The snow is beautiful – please keep it coming!
Love,
Gretchen
Library Advisory Board: Looking Back, Looking Forward
For the last six years, on the third Wednesday of every month, you could find me at one of Anchorage’s libraries as part of the Municipality of Anchorage Library Advisory Board. October 16 marked my last meeting, the conclusion of two terms as a member of the board.
Saying goodbye is bittersweet: Being a member of the board has been incredibly rewarding and I will miss it, but boards need new energy and fresh perspective to stay healthy and it’s my turn to step down.
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Love Note: Colorful Cruising
I drove past this magnificent beast the other day – don’t you love it? It was a gray day, and all of a sudden this joyful color cruised by on a pick-up truck.
It made me so happy. I want to know who painted it, and why? What was the inspiration? Whoever it was, I bet they had so much fun…
Art Fuels Anchorage
Have you heard about Art Fuels Anchorage? It’s the new creative placemaking effort of Live.Work.Play. “putting creativity and art at the forefront of economic development.”
Getting to Know Your City
A friend of mine, Anne Helen Petersen, shared “Interview with My Mom, the Scientist” on the Hairpin today. In addition to being a thoughtful conversation between two generations of super smart women, there is an interesting bit of the interview where Annie’s mom talks about how she acquainted herself with Lewiston, ID on her first visit when she and her husband were contemplating moving there with their two small children, and what she wishes she would have done instead.
Love Note: Gold Dust
Spotted this walking downtown…
Love Note: Crush Patio Planters
I love the way Crush did their flowers on the patio – so simple, so pretty. It was a nice way to dress up their outside space for summer!