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I still have the one you  made for me, and thought of it when I saw this!   Hope all is going well. Kirsten Kirsten Miles Executive Director Teen Writing Center National Director 30/30 Project  Regional Director   Tupelo Press c/o Art on Ivy 2125 Ivy Rd Ste 5 Charlottesville, Va  22905 (434) 960-5193 kmiles@tupelopress.org Tupelo Press Teen Writing Center Mission Statement:  To foster, discover, and develop emerging writers, and connect them as a part of the larger writing community, facilitate their ability to  take advantage of our local literary resources,  and develop resources where they are needed. To announce to and through support of our youth that writing is as important as sports fields, theaters, art galleries and centers, and skating rinks…

Bucket List

This was fun!  It makes you think about what you have and haven't done in your life.  I realized that I have a lot more to do in the next 50 years!  I could think of a few more to add...  books to read, places to go, things to make and do!

 Bucket List - please play along

 

 Bucket List...Hit forward and place an x by all the

 Things you've done, remove the x from the ones you    have not, and Send it to your friends (including me).

 Whether you've done this before or not, be a good sport.

 Do it again!

 This is your life:

 ( x) Shot a gun

 ( ) Gone on a blind date

 (X) Skipped school

 (  ) Watched someone die

 ( ) Visited Africa

 ( ) visited Hawaii

 ( ) Visited Cuba

 ( ) Visited Europe

 (x) Visited South America

 ( ) Visited Las Vegas

 (x)  Visited Mexico

 (x) Visited Florida

 (x) Seen the Grand Canyon

 (x) Flown in a plane (and flown one) 

  ( )Served on a jury

 (x) Been Lost

  (x ) Traveled to the opposite side of the country

 (x ) Visited Washington , DC

 (x) Swam in the Ocean

 (x) Cried yourself to sleep

 (x) Played cops and robbers

 ( ) Played cowboys and Indians

 (x) Recently colored with crayons

 ( ) sang Karaoke

 (x) Sang a solo or duet in church

  (x) Paid for a meal with coins only  -  recently!

 ( ) Made prank phone calls 

 (x ) Laughed until some beverage came out of your nose

 (x) Caught a snowflake on your tongue

 (x )Had children

 (x ) Had a pet

 ( x)Been skinny-dipping outdoors

 (x) Been fishing

 (x) Been boating

 (x) BEEN DOWNHILL SKIING

 ( )BEEN CROSS COUNTRY SKIING

(x) Been water skiing

(x) Been camping in a trailer/RV

 (x ) Been camping in a tent

 ( x) Flown in a small 4 or 6-seater airplane

 ( ) Flown in a glider

 (x)Flown in a helicopter

(x) Been mountain climbing

(x) Walked on a glacier

 (x ) Driven a motorcycle/been a passenger

 ( ) Been bungee-jumping

 ( x ) Gone to a drive-in movie

 (x )Done something that could have killed you-but not

 (x ) Done something that you will regret for the rest of  your life

 ( ) Rode an elephant

 ( ) Rode a camel

 (x) Eaten just cookies or cake for dinner (or ice cream!)

 (x ) Been on TV  Romper Room of all things, and various news programs...

 ( ) Stolen any traffic signs

 (x) Been in a car accident

 (x)Donated blood

 ( ) Gone Curling

 ( ) Been on a cruise

(x ) Been gambling 

(x) Worked in a job you truly loved

 

FAVORITE DESSERT: Tiramisu  (Favorite fruit - Jackfruit!)

 

WHERE YOU HOPE TO BE: Healthy and gracefully older & wiser

 Furthest Place you will send this: Washington State

 

 Person who will respond first: Not sure

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Ceramic Water Filters

The project we came to work with involved the testing/preparing and delivering of ceramic water filters.

These filters are made with local clay and sawdust. Why sawdust? In order to kill any pathogens in the water, it has to flow through the ceramic filter at within a specific range of flow. In order to create that, sawdust is mixed with the clay, and when it is pressed into shape, it is fired in a kiln (which you can see in the background of the first photo). The sawdust burns off and leaves pore spaces big enough to hold water long enough for it to be in contact with the colloidal silver the filters are painted with, just long enough for the contact to kill the pathogens. The correct "recipe" of sawdust/clay is unique to each area and clay type.















Michelle and Brendan helped to paint some of the filters we used.

















We invited families to participate in the project. Half would receive filters in August of '07, half would receive them in May of '08. Forty women showed up initially, but by the time we left eighty had come and signed up.
















Michelle and another surveyor delivering filters.

















Michelle never missed a puppy...

en la casa

Some of my favorite memories were of the homes we were invited into. The first picture is of an abuelita, a grandmother who was warming her feet by the fire in her stove. She tells me she is blind, apologetically. Steam wafts up from the pot, her grandson's coloring book is beside her.


















We went to lunch in a local kitchen, and sat at a table in front of the oven. Hot soups and rice dishes simmered away on the top, fires from the stove warmed the always-chilly days. The soup was wonderful "carne" broth with rice, squash, a hunk of meat, and potatoes. Just the perfect portions and flavors...



















Michelle had the opportunity to try her hand at tortillas... not all of these are hers, and next to her are bowls of tamales with a sauce on top. Yummm.


















I was so proud that Michelle knew enough Spanish to play Spanish Scrabble... and put together many of the words!
























This is a view of a home where we took a survey, and you can see the steep mtn sides in the background.


Lastly, in Doña Juana's home, on the day we left for Antigua, I found her daughters baking bread... what a sight.. baby chicks on the floor and enough bread set out to rise it would feed the family and likely be some to sell...