Van Weldon has been sprucing up the website for Wood Duck Farm.  C&D are now on the front page; the image links to the fall CSA application. 

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What do you do on Wednesdays? 
We hang around and hand out vegetables.
Van Weldon from Wood Duck Farm started a CSA last year.  The farm is in Cleveland—about fifty miles north of town.   This is a little far to pick up some groceries so Joe, Van’s driver, delivers the weekly shares to various points around [...]

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    The UPS man brought us something new today:  a stomp rocket.  There are some fun physics in the stomp rocket, plus they’re cheaper than the model rocket (no need to buy “fee-ul”).  I can also tell you that it does a pretty good job of wearing C&D out before bedtime.
We’re not done with [...]

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From our dining table we can watch the sun rise and set, the moon wash the city in its blue light, track the planes on the way to Hobby Airport and watch the clouds drift and build like mounds of soap bubbles in the kitchen sink.  We look for satellites, count stars, and wonder [...]

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First position at the barre with Ms. Alix today during dance class.

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I was trying to settle Carmen down a little bit this afternoon.  She didn’t sleep well last night and by lunch she was picking at her sandwich and wailing at the slightest misfortunes.  We rocked and snuggled downstairs while she tossed and turned, searching for sleep.  I checked the clock and wondered how to best [...]

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Video by Danny Russo.  From the City Dance Studio, Houston biennial studio concert, May 1 2010.  Choreography by Sherese Campbell.  Special thanks to Alix Stafford, Imus the Tortoise, and Rufus the Dog. 

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