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Do We Always Do What We’ve Always Done?

by Barbara Hartsook on June 11, 2009 · 11 comments

Must we always do things we’ve always done just because we’ve always done them?

I used to cook. And decorate the food.
When Wes and I were first married, I learned to cook on a budget because money was definitely scarce, and much of what little we both made as teachers had to be saved to buy [...]

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The First Steps Are the Hardest

by Barbara Hartsook on March 26, 2009 · 17 comments

We never see backstage before a performance, do we? We don’t know what competitors, speakers, musicians go through as the clock ticks toward performance time. How do they prepare those last few seconds?
Kali* is a dancer — competing for almost two years in ballet, lyrical, jazz, hip-hop, and acrobatics. The painting below is of her [...]

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