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Mayor's Lunch for Arts Champions

2/21/2013

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Today I had the pleasure of attending the Mayor's Lunch for Arts Champions - a first-time event celebrating Calgary artists, art patrons, and anyone else who's being irresistibly drawn to the incredible arts-empowered vibe in Calgary these days. It was fun to have lunch at the find it table with a few members of the find it team (and a few others I didn't even get the chance to get to know!). It was inspiring to see so many Calgarians who are passionate about the arts... including the folks at City Hall! And, for me, also nice to take a step away from my usual mostly-stay-at-home-mom life in Ramsay and mingle with so many members of Calgary's arts community.

Here's a graphic recording of sorts - sketched at the table during the lunch - to celebrate a great event!
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And now, back to the only "creative" work I can ever realistically get done while my son's awake...!
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I love you!

2/14/2013

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Happy Valentine's Day everyone! (And yes, all those animal names are auf Deutsch.)
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Valentine's Day Walk

2/12/2013

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It's almost Valentine's Day, and that reminds me of something really fun that happened this time last year. There was a knock at my door, and standing there were Jim and Louise Campbell. I'd never met them before, but they had come to Ramsay to track me down.

Part of a walking club for retired Calgary teachers, Jim and Louise were organizing the group's monthly walk. They'd read my comic strip about Ramsay in the Calgary Herald, and it had inspired them to bring the walk to my neighbourhood. After giving the community a once-over and plotting their route, they came over to my place to invite me for the walk!

And that was how I found myself pushing a stroller at the head of a crowd of forty dedicated walkers clad in Valentine's-themed garb. Many had never been to Ramsay and enjoyed its history and scenery. I was told that not everyone in the club turns up for each walk - particularly in winter - but that Ramsay drew the whole group!

It was fun to meet a whole lot of new people from all over Calgary and see them enjoying a new part of town. After a chilly but invigorating walk, everyone ended up back at Caffe Rosso to warm up. What a great memory. Happy Valentine's Day!
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Happy Anniversary

2/9/2013

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February 10th. Ten years ago today, I met my husband Scott. Here is a page from The Drawing Book I drew one year after our meeting. We met at the Roasterie, local much-loved coffee place (despite reference to disreputability). I'd put in a link to it, but it doesn't have a website. You'll just have to go there in real life and see it for yourself. Maybe you'll meet someone who turns out to be important.
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By the way - the text in that no-longer-empty box mentioned above (which was empty until I wrote in it a few years after making the original drawing) refers to this also-no-longer-empty box below - which appeared on the second page of the The Drawing Book's first volume.
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Photo journal - January 2013

2/5/2013

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Here are a few photos I took last month (well, one of them was taken by someone else). Let's see if this becomes a monthly "photo journal."
By the way, you can find out more about BITE Groceteria here;
about the Science Centre, here;
about this month's Ramsay newsletter, here;
about Mahadev wheelchair vans, here;
and about Bowness Park, here.
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February 2013 strip

2/2/2013

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Here's this month's comic strip for the Ramsay Community Association newsletter. Previous strips here. And make sure you check out the newsletter itself, not just this strip - it's our second time putting out a newsletter with 24 pages of great local material! Great job, newsletter team! 
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