Union Street is the main street of Concord, North Carolina. It's been partly closed off the past few months because they're doing construction. But on Sunday, both sides of the street were blocked from traffic. So towards sunset, we set off to see what the occasion was. Maybe some kind of street festival, now that… Continue reading Judy Blume movie in Concord
One day I was riding around in the mountains, and we passed a sign for "Crossnore, 5 miles." I sat and thought, Crossnore, Crossnore ... where have I heard that before? The only thing I could think of was reading the book "The Suitcases" in middle school, which I had really, really loved, and re-read… Continue reading Crossnore
A continuation from this post. First, I found this really nice website that has pictures of flowers. I was able to identify some that weren't in my book using it. Partridge pea -- this made me really excited. It's a very beautiful yellow flower, and it has taken over the area where the yellow whorled-leaf… Continue reading More wildflowers in the Piedmont
I have such a nice book: A field guide to wildflowers of the Eastern United States by Tom Gold Knight. I think I bought it in the mountains somewhere, at one of the pretty gift stores they have at the national or state park rest stops. But sadly, even though I've been looking hard, I… Continue reading Wildflowers in the Piedmont
June 17 The blackberries have been ripening over the last week. I think the best is still to come: If I remember correctly, they're all completely gone by mid-July.
I usually use my trusty laptop to record kids' voices for animations. It usually works out really well, and picks up the kids' voices even when they're speaking softly. But I ran into a problem this time around at the summer camp. There was a super annoying buzzing sound in the hall where I started… Continue reading Bad audio, all the time
Two of my favorite pieces of software are QGIS - used for making maps on a computer - and Blender 3D - used for 3D animations. Both of these pieces of software, furthermore, are open-source. That means they are free for anyone to download. Every time I make an animation with a group of kids,… Continue reading GIS and Blender at once
Is there a minimum age-limit when it comes to computer animation? Well, I'm sure there is for toddlers and babies, but in the summer camp I'm in, there's three little kids that are entering kindergarten in September. They're all five. They reach out their hand for me to hold if I chance to walk them… Continue reading Five-year-olds computer animating
I had written a dour and grim post about the futility of applying to grants, but before it went live, I actually received one. Which means I was able to do one more 'Animations with kids' project in Concord before my run here ends (at least for the expected near future.) I am working with… Continue reading Animating at a summer camp
We had a "Science Festival" on Union Street, and I got to share about my Animations with Kids project. In typical fashion, I started making my poster about 5 hours before the event started. (But I got it done in time!) Now, I'm pretty proud of my poster, because in keeping with the environmental theme… Continue reading Helping out at the Science Festival
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