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Wrap Up of the BSP’s Second Year
Hard to believe, but this little project has just entered its terrible twos, and it’s been quite awhile since I shared an update on actual progress and growth. The Virtual Troop Leaders have graciously...
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Make a Thanksgiving Floral Arrangement
Around this time last year, I took some time to learn a bit about floral arranging and tried my hand at creating some very reasonably priced arrangements to decorate the table and house for...
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Make a Christmas Tree Door Decoration from Old CDs
It’s time for a repost of one of the BSP’s most popular posts — how to make a Christmas tree door decoration from old compact discs. In truth, I still can’t decide how I personally feel about this...
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Learning to Lead: Guest Blogger Kelly Henkins (Part I)
Now, in the season of gratitude that always precedes each new year, I’m grateful to share a guest blog post from Kelly Henkins. She’s a music journalist and blogger who stumbled into my music earlier...
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Spring Break!
It’s spring break time. Be sure to take one. Whether it’s a full-on trip or a simple afternoon flying a kite, treat yourself. I just hope your kite doesn’t end up like these: Need a little help...
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Five Great Websites for April Fool’s Pranksters
It’s That Time of the Month — in fact it’s That Time of the Year when you’ve got permission to let your inner prankster loose for a day. April Fool’s is here. Let’s be clear: scouts are inherently...
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Confessions of a (Temporarily) Fallen Scout
I confess. I may now be able to bake cookies on the dashboard of my car, make polymers in my kitchen, and identify a coral snake with a quick and keen eye, but it appears that I’m an awfully slow...
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Photo Essay #9: The First 48 in Vegas
If you take a year off, it’s only fitting that you spend a little time explaining where you’ve been and what you’ve done. It was actually a pretty full year. I learned how to row. I started painting. I...
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Las Vegas, Running Dry
Last week I was in Vegas. This week features Earth Day. So I couldn’t stop thinking that those two don’t belong in the same paragraph. Bam. Flying into Las Vegas, you can’t help but notice that there’s...
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Iridescent Clouds: A Rare Rainbow in the Sky
One evening in 2012, in the dead of summer, I was heading south back to Austin from Dallas. Along the I-35 corridor, intermittent storms popped up and down just to the east over flat ranch land. It was...
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