tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74086970221087220102024-03-05T15:01:16.115-08:00Crunchy CornerBeing green, crafty, and crunchy in collegeGrettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02164309963063794024noreply@blogger.comBlogger278125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408697022108722010.post-34176391938101367362012-01-27T10:59:00.000-08:002012-01-27T10:59:10.368-08:00Sickies<div style="text-align: center;">
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Goaty and I have been in bed for a long while.</div>
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We are sickies!</div>
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After being super run-down for a few days and having a lymph node the size of a walnut, I finally gave in and went to Health Services. As my kind roomie John suggested on this post-it note.</div>
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Turns out it's mono!</div>
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Must have picked it up in my long travels home from Aussieland.</div>
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Everyone in my suite has been super great, bringing me food and making sure I don't go stir crazy.</div>
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Professors have been understanding.</div>
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Friends have been great!</div>
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Marmie sent me vitamins.</div>
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Lots of love pouring in, in the form of cards, emails, and calls from all the awesome people in my life.</div>
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Reminding myself to take it easy- that I don't have control over how I'm feeling each day. </div>
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All I can do it rest, hydrate, and eat well!</div>
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Mostly functioning at this point and making it to most classes, but naps are required and I have to remember that my GPA can take this hit.</div>
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It will all get better eventually!</div>
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I cast around for an empty notebook, and for once, I DIDN'T HAVE ONE!</div>
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What's a girl to do!?</div>
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SO, a few magazines, some paper, and a pizza box became this!</div>
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<br />Grettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02164309963063794024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408697022108722010.post-41731177453926990872011-12-18T16:20:00.000-08:002011-12-18T16:20:16.583-08:00Perrymort<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I came across this on Facebook and felt the need to share. I just think it captures my feelings about things too well.</div>Grettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02164309963063794024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408697022108722010.post-44017904516243346532011-12-18T16:18:00.000-08:002011-12-18T16:18:23.699-08:00Panini<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Delicious panini I made the other day for me and my dad after a morning hauling Christmas trees over here at Braintree Balsams:</div>
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<a href="http://www.neighborlyfarms.com/">Neighborly Farms</a> Garlic Cheddar</div>
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Oatmeal bread from <a href="http://www.farmplate.com/local-food/bakery/manghis-bread-montpelier-vt">Manghi's Bread</a></div>
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Words cannot describe this deliciousness!</div>Grettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02164309963063794024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408697022108722010.post-16416916528197614882011-12-12T15:44:00.000-08:002011-12-12T15:45:28.493-08:00Video: "The High Price of Materialism"<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/oGab38pKscw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><div><br /></div><div>By a Knox professor!</div>Grettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02164309963063794024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408697022108722010.post-87793560620715836102011-12-12T15:26:00.001-08:002011-12-12T15:30:10.606-08:00Homemade Hankie!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy9oW1kL9qoCHk1GMXinWJTm5CUDUwbITQIyIgaC4MaeyCkCTL0jpLIIj4r1qsDftyxrpHU4iDX1LMoCrKummzQc68pC96ZokG46m2ghsB-jc7agw97tiZAMZbEPRqHxGblI5y8In8OCc-/s1600/DSCN7024.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjymmM2rcD74IEuiBJNVeLGLzAbmYuaccMpw5WndxsPnaQz6rX9GFkIeKF0FLLxP1IDxgB5YTV_bBEEhlSvHFtVpky0Jwmka6acd2x_0ecFdM87ut2K4PYR4tqvJxREdp6APG47S24A8IhB/s320/DSCN7019.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685387558132446610" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">In the interest of a sustainably-minded but oft-runny nose,</div><div style="text-align: center;">today I whipped up this little handkerchief!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I found this little bit in a scrap pack I had picked up from <a href="http://www.nidovt.com/">Nido</a> last year.</div><div style="text-align: center;">A few pressed seams and a short stint on the sewing machine, and voila!</div>Grettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02164309963063794024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408697022108722010.post-55034105987533083602011-12-09T05:43:00.000-08:002011-12-09T05:50:25.969-08:00Goaty The Travelling Goat Part 11: Home<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">After a long journey over thousands of miles/kilometers,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV_E05RuZcvxK1wKRMayVXfTh32_b6taH_ng_LHtm8FLjNQ_I3t-tvjrPRkw4ZZRnK5NRz-D8VHiS1T5OnnvSabYQyfMyFAPMd6Jz8XufrdERKQEu5DCW_LisrCEAZ0ABXXjBwKNM0FaC1/s1600/DSCN6996.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV_E05RuZcvxK1wKRMayVXfTh32_b6taH_ng_LHtm8FLjNQ_I3t-tvjrPRkw4ZZRnK5NRz-D8VHiS1T5OnnvSabYQyfMyFAPMd6Jz8XufrdERKQEu5DCW_LisrCEAZ0ABXXjBwKNM0FaC1/s400/DSCN6996.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684124851392614114" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Goaty is home with his family</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiacFCOw5V_-cLnCuIicBGJ5o_kOf2G5af_-XEHeH7REyHiZK9bKJko9EiVks4ItC5mW4NkyPE5pXTFU_igKxiYTeCqTMUiOs_l8lQ6phx07Ag1U15v5nneH6UlDh0XRSsRpDFgXcOt1dAg/s1600/DSCN7004.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiacFCOw5V_-cLnCuIicBGJ5o_kOf2G5af_-XEHeH7REyHiZK9bKJko9EiVks4ItC5mW4NkyPE5pXTFU_igKxiYTeCqTMUiOs_l8lQ6phx07Ag1U15v5nneH6UlDh0XRSsRpDFgXcOt1dAg/s400/DSCN7004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684124844518491538" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And so am I!</div>Grettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02164309963063794024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408697022108722010.post-19355132006094955682011-12-05T00:00:00.001-08:002011-12-05T00:05:18.281-08:00The end is near!Sorry for my general silence on the blogwaves of late, but I only have a few precious days left in Australia! I'm in beautiful Lennox Head for the last few days, reunited with my program-mates after we each had an adventurous independent study period! We had all our presentations on Saturday and Sunday, and I am SO impressed with everyone's work. We had people hiking, painting, writing, photographing, researching, and interning all over Australia. Really inspiring to hear (and see) all the results.<div>Of course it was really tragic to leave Melbourne. Will miss all the amazing people I met there, especially Tegan, Lara, and everyone over at <a href="http://www.inkandspindle.com.au/">Ink & Spindle</a> who gave so much time and effort into my experience there!</div><div>Overall, feeling the love. Sad to leave, but no regrets, and starting to positively anticipate a return to the snowy mountains of Vermont and then to the prairies of good ole Illinois, where a Republican representative has proposed Chicago become the 51st state. More on that later, I'm off to enjoy myself :)</div>Grettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02164309963063794024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408697022108722010.post-19942664998579216602011-11-29T20:43:00.000-08:002011-11-29T22:22:00.454-08:00Quilt Top<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKHzQC2M0ApQ0GGYz1RT7kGb1sGHkU5JZt7qBRgwOGjmPRT7CzhWUP43XE6zh4rD6e-HtnNh90LVNS9YiOEjSFrTszlpVYBxwBVVQRCnFIki0MOPIRN4suNwl79pTBV17f9dQc7cddRcx/s1600/DSCN6962.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKHzQC2M0ApQ0GGYz1RT7kGb1sGHkU5JZt7qBRgwOGjmPRT7CzhWUP43XE6zh4rD6e-HtnNh90LVNS9YiOEjSFrTszlpVYBxwBVVQRCnFIki0MOPIRN4suNwl79pTBV17f9dQc7cddRcx/s400/DSCN6962.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680645170998311490" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Complete!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Check out my post on <a href="http://inkandspindle.blogspot.com/">Ink & Spindle's blog</a>!</div>Grettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02164309963063794024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408697022108722010.post-56934617513532670602011-11-29T03:37:00.001-08:002011-12-09T05:52:56.845-08:00Goaty The Travelling Goat Part 10: Stiching<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9GhrUOZGNaEdaVX3GRkkpqYTXaXFHayyIXr07XXJcezcEG0QaJEkeJIJ_X8lml9DZPPxjvRR7aHRSgYI9IJAtuc6gp_g6rHBhCDWMGpRNom9blnavwNhd7mTyaIp8idAvcv-AVvx5GaI/s1600/DSCN6956.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9GhrUOZGNaEdaVX3GRkkpqYTXaXFHayyIXr07XXJcezcEG0QaJEkeJIJ_X8lml9DZPPxjvRR7aHRSgYI9IJAtuc6gp_g6rHBhCDWMGpRNom9blnavwNhd7mTyaIp8idAvcv-AVvx5GaI/s400/DSCN6956.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680380689453931874" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">So, Goaty couldn't really work the sewing machine, so I helped him out</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggX-0cOaFnrcFaNLE6v2CL2NOjpkFgYC4onjiTC2Z0S0Cfc1639g17PkvJsSGrDs5Dy3XIbXkg5IoOOFbOkCPJPqIS6-ZEukngqiktPrIT46Z2OM4Eb-raihlobF7JPtF6VM2w7H2-DtaJ/s1600/DSCN6958.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggX-0cOaFnrcFaNLE6v2CL2NOjpkFgYC4onjiTC2Z0S0Cfc1639g17PkvJsSGrDs5Dy3XIbXkg5IoOOFbOkCPJPqIS6-ZEukngqiktPrIT46Z2OM4Eb-raihlobF7JPtF6VM2w7H2-DtaJ/s400/DSCN6958.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680380689809447282" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">More to come!</div>Grettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02164309963063794024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408697022108722010.post-3477358665592906862011-11-27T03:09:00.000-08:002011-11-27T03:11:25.804-08:00Markit<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJwSCexWRI_C9rJ_UBS6pb0tNDA092twIKTU12ava84lhDt4T44UvJ4w1eh8cceSG64gTxKb_LffXK_PdRb7yVbTIRa0Snem5GJnYyUMhmF3Nye2gKPDsNoK2SlrM05xRrFvOKI1Lb_jf/s1600/DSCN6944.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJwSCexWRI_C9rJ_UBS6pb0tNDA092twIKTU12ava84lhDt4T44UvJ4w1eh8cceSG64gTxKb_LffXK_PdRb7yVbTIRa0Snem5GJnYyUMhmF3Nye2gKPDsNoK2SlrM05xRrFvOKI1Lb_jf/s400/DSCN6944.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679631466866466770" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.markitfedsquare.com.au/">Markit!</a></div>Grettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02164309963063794024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408697022108722010.post-31612803889027757752011-11-25T19:29:00.000-08:002011-11-25T19:49:57.415-08:00Fabric!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVlccJ5ph_nRvPygsXHEyBWu8sMslmWhqQtpzOvDRmsXvu-nw2I749y2XglX6pLMSEcJBbWixhEyQ7th2p_ucVesoPYOaYvc8_NYq92cwJyPaW7bYIAM9h2nGmovhc6Hlu1ohYU6POtbWT/s1600/DSCN6895.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVlccJ5ph_nRvPygsXHEyBWu8sMslmWhqQtpzOvDRmsXvu-nw2I749y2XglX6pLMSEcJBbWixhEyQ7th2p_ucVesoPYOaYvc8_NYq92cwJyPaW7bYIAM9h2nGmovhc6Hlu1ohYU6POtbWT/s320/DSCN6895.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679146487980598834" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Designing based off my lino cuts</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIaf3KHoQRGkdxD6HEbYi_AHDAz6W9eVDndVRQ1BaMecCX_3wUONJzDYyKmG5qA60UETLqtihgwuDXC5KLPm8cHNedBCi78sP5EP0Vo4GF44UqbMibvHP_pPUininED6P2GqCdcuNte9wh/s1600/DSCN6900.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIaf3KHoQRGkdxD6HEbYi_AHDAz6W9eVDndVRQ1BaMecCX_3wUONJzDYyKmG5qA60UETLqtihgwuDXC5KLPm8cHNedBCi78sP5EP0Vo4GF44UqbMibvHP_pPUininED6P2GqCdcuNte9wh/s320/DSCN6900.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679146485597991330" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Stencils!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9ZpoAvI6ETnOzaFY8J3hDm0v8QH-QmwulwFpY6iBBJgYlQTih2niCfayyq6Ms-XLWgfdugPjd98MdwMV0ITJKhXL-No0MbFT7rbuL8_3F5sMEBq1c0hwbXpwYIvs9sFcThdr43YO31uP/s1600/DSCN6904.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9ZpoAvI6ETnOzaFY8J3hDm0v8QH-QmwulwFpY6iBBJgYlQTih2niCfayyq6Ms-XLWgfdugPjd98MdwMV0ITJKhXL-No0MbFT7rbuL8_3F5sMEBq1c0hwbXpwYIvs9sFcThdr43YO31uP/s320/DSCN6904.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679146479939316914" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Printed!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(ooooohaaaaaah)</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNPleebxriAdq23QZvKwFyWvK6StgWf-x7XeGAd9n6KyNAy22dDruSB2yu9TTwf7gFKeotPnGIPNCo5glejgM-XqWeo7xBmGFptxWHQZGmodzrdMiObLNAAzpmUG8WLOqcxnWRxoc6srg6/s1600/DSCN6908.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNPleebxriAdq23QZvKwFyWvK6StgWf-x7XeGAd9n6KyNAy22dDruSB2yu9TTwf7gFKeotPnGIPNCo5glejgM-XqWeo7xBmGFptxWHQZGmodzrdMiObLNAAzpmUG8WLOqcxnWRxoc6srg6/s320/DSCN6908.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679146482405111682" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">FABRIC!</div>Grettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02164309963063794024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408697022108722010.post-38684171146803372342011-11-19T18:32:00.000-08:002011-11-19T18:35:14.031-08:00Linos!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSi95wbTbK6XDDAAKQqkj7Ngz-NQpENCsfalkYKQMAfUxNKqOZbZNxkEW-uSolL9zT8XzSMHKgN9sbnS9BH6KKTujLxUfcpz3M0n_cTtEItxTwjV7LzB03J_B5zG_cBbw2YCAmfFsSWPVj/s1600/DSCN6838.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSi95wbTbK6XDDAAKQqkj7Ngz-NQpENCsfalkYKQMAfUxNKqOZbZNxkEW-uSolL9zT8XzSMHKgN9sbnS9BH6KKTujLxUfcpz3M0n_cTtEItxTwjV7LzB03J_B5zG_cBbw2YCAmfFsSWPVj/s320/DSCN6838.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676900781488180482" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqLmHAyitx9PsQQVsTw84bU3TuKIhEFDanF2Sm2hyiR4d-p-X1W189_-XkEdV2MsxlaZfKU9GhYqK9QRQcbynnfqVfpEAy-MSgeInkNoYAlgkKN45C7yC43ORiSjWiq0xXdqii66oiqUHG/s1600/DSCN6850.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqLmHAyitx9PsQQVsTw84bU3TuKIhEFDanF2Sm2hyiR4d-p-X1W189_-XkEdV2MsxlaZfKU9GhYqK9QRQcbynnfqVfpEAy-MSgeInkNoYAlgkKN45C7yC43ORiSjWiq0xXdqii66oiqUHG/s320/DSCN6850.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676900773413742194" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAyfuo7GlHiZYowvh7nHhMnNrWq2eALTFIH-Td56jtid_hg0Ofbmq0q6wVYQY0GJFlJzvqoD5lhZCCER4b2VHjoWZ1Ust6fiLVHwrJi9AquNMUB3BMuSlTPs8l3kek8yx-mpMZ2lMyyno5/s1600/DSCN6847.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAyfuo7GlHiZYowvh7nHhMnNrWq2eALTFIH-Td56jtid_hg0Ofbmq0q6wVYQY0GJFlJzvqoD5lhZCCER4b2VHjoWZ1Ust6fiLVHwrJi9AquNMUB3BMuSlTPs8l3kek8yx-mpMZ2lMyyno5/s320/DSCN6847.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676900770555813346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Inspired by Melbourne!</div>Grettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02164309963063794024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408697022108722010.post-47520477863842129092011-11-07T23:51:00.000-08:002011-11-07T23:53:34.654-08:00Design Beginnings<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvuhMZth0xQXt2klWnV-71PlNLTwpjnpid301nuHsEIKhHqWNFSRDUcNhTPvs45V6IELGZelejcS29bqci6jZLxh9mo0sM6w64ajiU0YdnCGk1xhCmkBKK0BRFhLQLmNwVPW1ZoB49unjY/s1600/DSCN6752.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvuhMZth0xQXt2klWnV-71PlNLTwpjnpid301nuHsEIKhHqWNFSRDUcNhTPvs45V6IELGZelejcS29bqci6jZLxh9mo0sM6w64ajiU0YdnCGk1xhCmkBKK0BRFhLQLmNwVPW1ZoB49unjY/s400/DSCN6752.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672529882469029458" /></a>Grettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02164309963063794024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408697022108722010.post-45394335949295232962011-11-07T23:44:00.000-08:002011-11-07T23:48:44.200-08:00Goaty The Travelling Goat Part 9: In the Studio<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_xLSVyOUswCcsn2aHFWrIJQ5i5gUmHeMEKlchTHYe6b8qQ03wVbdF1poNHVnM7t1f5XUDVrrBd3C1fu8GYzl1IVBsK3ASsaK7kn2C8JOMD4zoiD1OJPAHPRuYNKUepigNyGHEStCxmA8/s1600/DSCN6746.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_xLSVyOUswCcsn2aHFWrIJQ5i5gUmHeMEKlchTHYe6b8qQ03wVbdF1poNHVnM7t1f5XUDVrrBd3C1fu8GYzl1IVBsK3ASsaK7kn2C8JOMD4zoiD1OJPAHPRuYNKUepigNyGHEStCxmA8/s320/DSCN6746.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672527999582757842" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Today Goaty hung out at the <a href="http://www.inkandspindle.com.au/">Ink & Spindle</a> studio!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJDSs4lp9FbJEJELA1mzpcNK9lyClq0GA96bVDGjWaaMsDbS9p7JsOUIE87HRMYpbXhwvbWUGjFxQigAgg2W4XaPWnvY8hISTuW2EAD0qmttrAmiGLQlNcjPs1YrOpRJ0cSJxmJNTcP7ng/s1600/DSCN6741.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJDSs4lp9FbJEJELA1mzpcNK9lyClq0GA96bVDGjWaaMsDbS9p7JsOUIE87HRMYpbXhwvbWUGjFxQigAgg2W4XaPWnvY8hISTuW2EAD0qmttrAmiGLQlNcjPs1YrOpRJ0cSJxmJNTcP7ng/s320/DSCN6741.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672527991004658594" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Goaty and Teegs became fast friends</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjkib9C37H563a-_6i4QvMjeNOgPwbKBGE_5KlaEE140MTHluyMC-_Sqo9FmwNewsxfPrPnZdOgXvUrIkgjDlCzhQoCI1z_9EMzSeAyTc2bJ4fU5fPLWFMXgJyMI7StzLJJW5mK14rH8E/s1600/DSCN6742.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjkib9C37H563a-_6i4QvMjeNOgPwbKBGE_5KlaEE140MTHluyMC-_Sqo9FmwNewsxfPrPnZdOgXvUrIkgjDlCzhQoCI1z_9EMzSeAyTc2bJ4fU5fPLWFMXgJyMI7StzLJJW5mK14rH8E/s320/DSCN6742.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672527988650699634" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Bella gave him a sniff</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4mkXU-gvCUVzi7_cd9G8Nw23uWwrgAfrbADmRj7-cTnjKRPOH_XCD6tXZSP2UoM-RWq-6aOxAUGNhQBtSjm1QHnN0439gNCFP-8U5MUXpmuSCOPDfkY6ke-i44cI6iykLzackL0rRCNme/s1600/DSCN6744.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4mkXU-gvCUVzi7_cd9G8Nw23uWwrgAfrbADmRj7-cTnjKRPOH_XCD6tXZSP2UoM-RWq-6aOxAUGNhQBtSjm1QHnN0439gNCFP-8U5MUXpmuSCOPDfkY6ke-i44cI6iykLzackL0rRCNme/s320/DSCN6744.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672527982057980018" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And Lara had a Goaty goatee!</div>Grettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02164309963063794024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408697022108722010.post-31354109135824986192011-11-05T15:54:00.000-07:002011-11-05T16:05:27.398-07:00Goaty The Travelling Goat Part 8: St. Kilda<div>Yesterday Goaty and I went on the most wonderful of adventures! Two of my new hostel friends and I took the tram down to St. Kilda and enjoyed the 31 degree (C) weather! That's friggin' warm! It was so sunny and beautiful. We wandered into a community garden with amazing mosaics and a pirate ship shaped garden bed. Then we wandered in Luna Park, a crazy old amusement park where the rides were WAY too expensive. Instead we bought fairy floss (cotton candy) and watched people scream their heads off on the rickety rides. Here's Goaty with the famous entrance:</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf5du2wfZtVSXHsef-VqzN32qsuYy9Nj2wBx4N-r0Cq15dCi5M8a39F6Dh9Jy4Qnxx4dZGRh7mHVgg8Kc1kiBp-0mLBpStbsOyyzZB0RUaMR-bLMPWqifLxzpCYqcs6BnKsNRcofY9MPpR/s1600/DSCN6626.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf5du2wfZtVSXHsef-VqzN32qsuYy9Nj2wBx4N-r0Cq15dCi5M8a39F6Dh9Jy4Qnxx4dZGRh7mHVgg8Kc1kiBp-0mLBpStbsOyyzZB0RUaMR-bLMPWqifLxzpCYqcs6BnKsNRcofY9MPpR/s400/DSCN6626.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671649701130942322" /></a>Then we wandered the beach, which was PACKED with people after a rainy overcast week. We walked down the pier and spied some fairy penguins and sea stars, and splashed our feet in the water. Here's Goaty with a view of the city:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosIrgelm6GrV20baTmi0_g0o8f2J7OarKxw_HbxihfdmFHUJ4-TbjOZab-QY5RrMmUUJ7cfP7iEOYORwfEsOMEW-fY2MNb4yMpF_UHQiApNrB1SRU4Nb6cf3rnXPuZYwi_An5vL9uMbcG/s1600/DSCN6705.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosIrgelm6GrV20baTmi0_g0o8f2J7OarKxw_HbxihfdmFHUJ4-TbjOZab-QY5RrMmUUJ7cfP7iEOYORwfEsOMEW-fY2MNb4yMpF_UHQiApNrB1SRU4Nb6cf3rnXPuZYwi_An5vL9uMbcG/s400/DSCN6705.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671649698323137714" /></a>After my return to the hostel, a bunch of us BBQed and had a lil jam session. I played some uke and someone found a guitar. It was a lovely day! Goaty and I REALLY LIKE Melbourne.<div><br /></div><div>(More pics and such to come soon from my amazing internship with Ink & Spindle!)</div>Grettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02164309963063794024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408697022108722010.post-53541424209177802392011-10-30T23:07:00.001-07:002011-10-30T23:11:50.235-07:00Goaty The Travelling Goat Part 7: Goaty on the Gold Coast<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs3Dv-T82px9xh-QTKcPBvscaQEYUUKUJ7_BIA_1Te9J57AR0Fuwhh6qp4kBDh5k6-cR8e87aw3Z_U0KkPrZ2Tb_r79dPOf79PI6I59jxC4JhxNKfN2mtNbqNo-eXyoAQozlkeHuToSlhI/s1600/DSCN6508.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs3Dv-T82px9xh-QTKcPBvscaQEYUUKUJ7_BIA_1Te9J57AR0Fuwhh6qp4kBDh5k6-cR8e87aw3Z_U0KkPrZ2Tb_r79dPOf79PI6I59jxC4JhxNKfN2mtNbqNo-eXyoAQozlkeHuToSlhI/s320/DSCN6508.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669534263524723954" /></a>Goaty and I took a pit stop at the Gold Coast on the way to Melbourne. The city was modeled after Miami, and it shows.<br /><div>I felt like I had been transported to Florida! Full of beaches, tourists, and theme parks. Little did I know I was staying right next to Sea World...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Fk6Y4JyP1upLcxM245k2JCkQespUtT4qgsEEYQNMqVpMdfvUM46U_VXZAzVihzcIN9Aj5VgY_RBtDm1Fx_pg12HWNBvjAX3uDldSlXLg188BuxiFwDbqxfg9vqAcBNnLhAjUIrQYoV2K/s320/DSCN6506.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669534411980198706" />Luckily, we got to see this lovely sunset!</div>Grettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02164309963063794024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408697022108722010.post-36788654526664413672011-10-29T15:33:00.001-07:002011-10-29T15:34:00.964-07:00Safe and sound...in Melbourne! Will be here for the next 4-5 weeks. Settling in, getting to know the area better, trying to get sleep in a hostel on a weekend.Grettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02164309963063794024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408697022108722010.post-2012998049640595372011-10-22T18:04:00.000-07:002011-10-22T18:07:02.392-07:00News Media<div style="text-align: center;">I've been inspired to change the way I get news! Take the challenge with me!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nationofchange.org/">Nation of Change</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/">Al Jazeera</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.grist.org/">Grist</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/">Avaaz</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm tired of hearing the same old crapola! I want news that actually tells me what's going on, and isn't run by the investors in the status quo.</div>Grettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02164309963063794024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408697022108722010.post-74415139206726382792011-10-20T02:20:00.001-07:002011-10-20T02:26:12.787-07:00Bounty!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8SDlHLkYDQfYLQ6mJPKJbadY20rHCUlNhTZnf5BOIBvDJwwxMCp4FNqGd0KGr3yKeajX-sfRUTY8jYLoJBOnGrOvwVLV4md4DGgGK47t9OF6Zr9ZzA_kd_VNpzSLItUFW1-HkrEXTusIf/s1600/DSCN6448.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8SDlHLkYDQfYLQ6mJPKJbadY20rHCUlNhTZnf5BOIBvDJwwxMCp4FNqGd0KGr3yKeajX-sfRUTY8jYLoJBOnGrOvwVLV4md4DGgGK47t9OF6Zr9ZzA_kd_VNpzSLItUFW1-HkrEXTusIf/s320/DSCN6448.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665502090624279122" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju8nCzJs8zdug7-J26ria2NL1KLxE_5Myc8riZoTp9VBH8D1q7k0tf6CoWllIdjSbO1B3JhipU8CFVGR9LE8800LRPnnsD5I5ev8HugCOCjEJ3q8XlREKmup4JZNxPgvrBhXeHr8wIeXRC/s1600/DSCN6445.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju8nCzJs8zdug7-J26ria2NL1KLxE_5Myc8riZoTp9VBH8D1q7k0tf6CoWllIdjSbO1B3JhipU8CFVGR9LE8800LRPnnsD5I5ev8HugCOCjEJ3q8XlREKmup4JZNxPgvrBhXeHr8wIeXRC/s320/DSCN6445.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665502090763773042" /></a><div>Apples, blueberries (a fortune but worth it!), potatoes, green beans, beets, broccoli, lettuce, rice, and bread... all local, all ethical. Good eats!</div>Grettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02164309963063794024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408697022108722010.post-21332129514289345292011-10-18T01:54:00.001-07:002011-10-18T01:55:12.982-07:00Good words<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_wYflVttpZaRe3uxLK6OXv0oF3K0E-tnceRUxX6MrBRd8QCrdi3qbwBe0vHwEzOd2dab6OJKd49KNIxdSR-ihP7POwzKL7_fMNUEOjfFhE5Pg5lBFxuvTnOekBE2QljA4-4Pn5wuyUJrK/s1600/26601328.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 342px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_wYflVttpZaRe3uxLK6OXv0oF3K0E-tnceRUxX6MrBRd8QCrdi3qbwBe0vHwEzOd2dab6OJKd49KNIxdSR-ihP7POwzKL7_fMNUEOjfFhE5Pg5lBFxuvTnOekBE2QljA4-4Pn5wuyUJrK/s400/26601328.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664753006796096226" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Found in internet wanderings</div>Grettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02164309963063794024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408697022108722010.post-28352942493243048262011-10-18T01:48:00.000-07:002011-10-18T01:51:33.150-07:00Occupy<div style="text-align: center;">It's really been great to see a movement that I can be proud of as an American abroad. Today we started our Social Change workshop, and our lecturer showed us this video. A pretty cool look into the workings of a movement that seeks to unite, not divide.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/30081785" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/30081785">Right Here All Over (Occupy Wall St.)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/alexmallis">Alex Mallis</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p>Grettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02164309963063794024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408697022108722010.post-24382303008073467972011-10-16T15:02:00.001-07:002011-10-16T15:12:49.479-07:00No Fracking Way!Here's what I did with my Sunday! I went to Byron Bay's anti-Coal Seam Gas (CSG) rally. We marched at the same time as several other Australian cities. Coal Seam Gas is pretty silly really- it poisons water, messes with soil, and the companies can come onto your land to put in wells. <a href="http://www.originenergy.com.au/files/Part2.pdf">Here's what's been happening in the US</a>, and <a href="http://theconversation.edu.au/coal-seam-gas-could-be-a-fracking-disaster-for-our-health-1493">here's what's been happening in Australia</a>.<div><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qRHTB4NDpVM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /></div><div>Enjoy the video, I couldn't spot myself but the whole group was there!</div>Grettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02164309963063794024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408697022108722010.post-30679988127789634502011-10-14T21:54:00.000-07:002011-10-14T22:06:37.244-07:00Occupy Byron Bay<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwZh36FhGALJeNJAsdGRTKpHomdVDekV0OP2cMQYIk2VC0RVXVBT_FwnKwbvxzjQda8zwuM3vEHoW4KVP6EnbMKZKAMQG7nNR43rwkQW7h9p_wNMee6Ypz8BUEbtnQgsSsm_N0b2omA1F/s1600/DSCN6328.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwZh36FhGALJeNJAsdGRTKpHomdVDekV0OP2cMQYIk2VC0RVXVBT_FwnKwbvxzjQda8zwuM3vEHoW4KVP6EnbMKZKAMQG7nNR43rwkQW7h9p_wNMee6Ypz8BUEbtnQgsSsm_N0b2omA1F/s400/DSCN6328.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663580603704737506" /></a><br />Today I went to Byron Bay's solidarity rally for Occupy Wall Street. It was really nice to be able to be a part of the amazing movement that started not far from home and be able to feel it's ripples thousands of miles away!Grettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02164309963063794024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408697022108722010.post-68785143115461202742011-10-14T21:53:00.000-07:002011-10-14T21:54:46.482-07:00Aboriginal Camping Trip<p class="MsoNormal">We flew back to Byron Bay early last week and almost immediately set of to Mynumai, an Indigenous Protected Area. We met up with Doug (the traditional owner), Russell (an elder from Queensland), Pete (who is a Bunjalung member because he married an indigenous woman), and Ian, another elder from Queensland. We camped there for 4 days, 3 nights. It was SO AMAZING. I learned to throw a spear and boomerang, learned about the area and wild edibles, and learned about the culture and history of Aboriginal peoples in Australia. The only downside was that yesterday a GIANT brown snake came into camp. Doug tried to scare it off and yelled at it in his language but it kept coming, so Pete ended up killing it with a stick. It was about 5 and half ft long! Everyone said it was the biggest brown snake they’ve ever seen. It creeped us all out! But luckily no one got bitten and it was dealt with. The leaders were great people and really funny. Pete and Ian especially say hi, Lindsey! We were each given an Aboriginal name by Russell, and mine is Gubara, which means songbird. It was so sweet. I brought my ukulele and Laura had brought various instruments, and everyone on my trip always tries to get me to sing, which of course I enjoy doing. I was the first to get my name, the very first night. So then every night partway into the camp fire, Russell would say “Where’s our songbird?” and pass me the guitar for a few songs. It was such an amazing experience and really difficult to describe but suffice it to say we all got teary on both sides when it was time to get on the bus and leave. Peter emailed us later this afternoon and said that both Russell and Ian (who have been with SIT Australia for 18 and 23 years respectively) said that this was their favorite group to work with of all time. Really touching stuff! (no pictures were allowed, so imagine it in your minds!)<o:p></o:p></p>Grettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02164309963063794024noreply@blogger.com1