fang and that human are heading of into the SNOW filled world, on a search for MORE education.
setting us off on the right foot, or right winter tire, is this super neat little tidbit of a video (don't be fooled, it will change you. seriously. take a break and watch it a second time. worth it.)
thanks to fang's mama for discovering and sharing.
-that human
Friday, November 26, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
YUM does Global Summit - Day 5
Thursday & Friday, November 11th & 12th
Letters Home
*Whew* Long stretch, big stretch.
Thursday morning was bright and sunny again, and our troop lamented the thought of returning to the cold (and often dark, cloudy) north. A breakfast of as many leftovers as we could muster plus a meeting with a mysterious San Franciscan interested in our school left us full and excited to get out in the fresh air.We cabbed it down to the (in)famous Height/Ashbury neighborhood were we quickly got to store hopping. Vintage clothing, shoe makers, custom t-shirts, piercing & tattoos, friendly dogs and their humans, mexican food, big city parks, old friends... we only had a short time until we had to rush to the airport, but we packed it to the brim FER SURE.
PFD filled us breifly in on the history- the original 'hippie movement' started on these very streets! the Dead Head habitat made us feel oddly at home, with a big city feeling was impossible to hide.
After our quick dip into San Francisco's personality we got back on a plane up to Seattle where we spent a few hours eating a french fry and some chocolate. Our picnic was structure around a dripping roof and the wheelchair storage, but as you can see we were giggling the whole way home:
Arriving in Spokane we found that The Inquisitor's luggage had loved SF so much that it stayed behind, to be FEDXed home in the next two days or so.
We finally found snow in Rossland, driving through in the wee hours of the morn. The final leg of our trip was quiet and we realized that this adventure may just have been more of a breath in than a breath out.
Farewell, big city, thanks for hosting us mountain girls.
Fang, who looks forward to her toes touching the ocean again soon
& PFD, that human, B, Squinty, The Inquisitor and YUMmy
Letters Home
*Whew* Long stretch, big stretch.
Thursday morning was bright and sunny again, and our troop lamented the thought of returning to the cold (and often dark, cloudy) north. A breakfast of as many leftovers as we could muster plus a meeting with a mysterious San Franciscan interested in our school left us full and excited to get out in the fresh air.We cabbed it down to the (in)famous Height/Ashbury neighborhood were we quickly got to store hopping. Vintage clothing, shoe makers, custom t-shirts, piercing & tattoos, friendly dogs and their humans, mexican food, big city parks, old friends... we only had a short time until we had to rush to the airport, but we packed it to the brim FER SURE.
(p.s. look who we found!!! Jack's a big city boy now)
PFD filled us breifly in on the history- the original 'hippie movement' started on these very streets! the Dead Head habitat made us feel oddly at home, with a big city feeling was impossible to hide.After our quick dip into San Francisco's personality we got back on a plane up to Seattle where we spent a few hours eating a french fry and some chocolate. Our picnic was structure around a dripping roof and the wheelchair storage, but as you can see we were giggling the whole way home:
Arriving in Spokane we found that The Inquisitor's luggage had loved SF so much that it stayed behind, to be FEDXed home in the next two days or so.
We finally found snow in Rossland, driving through in the wee hours of the morn. The final leg of our trip was quiet and we realized that this adventure may just have been more of a breath in than a breath out.
Farewell, big city, thanks for hosting us mountain girls.
Fang, who looks forward to her toes touching the ocean again soon
& PFD, that human, B, Squinty, The Inquisitor and YUMmy
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
YUM does Global Summit - Day 4
Wednesday - November 10, 2010
It rained last night, cleansing the city streets. Cleansing our pallet. Cleansing our taste for the day, for the city, for the summit we came here to attend.
Easing into our morning with fritatta and fruit salad. Good conversation and sunshine.
The work is hard. It is not meant to be easy. Inner conflict. Isolation. Assumptions. Let's make sure we know what we say -- that we mean what we say. Reflect on lofty language - i.e. what is global? what is freedom? what do we mean when we say, "we're going to change the world?".
Gathering in a circle, celebrating women's flexibility and empowerment through entrepreneurial action - we were filled with inspiration. New projects on the horizons.
Gathering in our media group, we were called to action, based on the desire to focus on what we're doing right and empowering one another to create our own media. We are the media. We created a blog. Check it out here. www.ahhawonder.blogspot.com
Beautiful T-Bird played her flute for us and we were soothed and transported towards a place of peace, reminding us of the power of the arts to connect and transform.
Tomorrow - look out San Francisco, 'cause YUM is on the loose! Time for some exploring and soaking up this dynamic city.
Until then,
nighty night ...
pfd (on behalf of the YUMmers)
YUM Does Global Summit Day 3
November 9, 2010
Starting the day off with a fantastically YUMmmmmy breakfast we spoke of intentions and an openness for the day we had already begun. What would transpire today? (So much) Would there be other youth there? (Nope) How would we be received? (With curious and evaded eyes) Many questions and nothing to do but throw ourselves in there and experience, collaborate and take it all in.
Listening to people tell us about activism, following passions, co-creating and connecting we wanted to stand up, throw our Passion Banner in the air and yell, "We're doing that!" We didn't then, in the midst of the carefully placed chairs, but it came a time where we could no longer wait for an invitation to share. And so came out the Passion Banner and a gaggle of ladies - look out! The shift in the room was palpable with curious eyes and some sense of relief that there was action, colour and questioning moving the talk to something more real.
Starting the day off with a fantastically YUMmmmmy breakfast we spoke of intentions and an openness for the day we had already begun. What would transpire today? (So much) Would there be other youth there? (Nope) How would we be received? (With curious and evaded eyes) Many questions and nothing to do but throw ourselves in there and experience, collaborate and take it all in.
Out of the hostel door
take a right
down the paved path overlooking the bay
the famous bridge to our left
palms, green, skyscrapers
then stairs down to the right
(watch out for the dog poo half way down)
across the parking lot
and into the Herbst Pavilion hanger where some global summitting is going on
Windows up high
cold enough to wear toques
an echo creating blended voices
It's Day 2
Listening to people tell us about activism, following passions, co-creating and connecting we wanted to stand up, throw our Passion Banner in the air and yell, "We're doing that!" We didn't then, in the midst of the carefully placed chairs, but it came a time where we could no longer wait for an invitation to share. And so came out the Passion Banner and a gaggle of ladies - look out! The shift in the room was palpable with curious eyes and some sense of relief that there was action, colour and questioning moving the talk to something more real.
We felt acknowledged, heard, and a part of that co-creation everyone was talking about.
From then on there was a sense of community and connection that had been slightly hidden for us. Serendipitous discussions brought about an opportunity for the LifeSpiral to come alive and we gathered all we could to participate - It's difficult to describe the experience as each person can dive deep within completely unaware of their effect on the greater group.
And so, our day was full of surprises and as we gathered in the kitchen to eat, our reflections came alive and we spoke of ourselves and of our experience of all that is going on here in San Francisco.
Peace & Sweet Dreams
~ Squints (who's been dropping rose bombs) & The Inquisitor
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
YUM does Global Summit - Day 2
Letters Home, November 8th 2010
Skipping along in the sun, on her way to the Global Summit, this human knew everything was moving forward. She could feel the vibes of all the delegates coming together to inspire, create, and participate in a "Laboratory of Collaboration". Nervous-excited energy was buzzing in all of us as we found our way to the pier where our next three days would be spent.
We immediately felt in the right place as the GS started off chanting different rhythms- "lum," "rum" and then "vum" and then finally "YUUUMMM"! How Weird (in the etymological sense of the word)?!
We hosted our PASSION BANNER workshop, engaging youth eager to share their passions and pin a piece of themselves onto our growing passion community.
The Life Spiral workshop was new to me, hosted beautifully by the other members of the SDH group i was free to fully participate in the newness of it. The Fibonacci Spiral itself fascinates me, but to apply it to my life, the life of others, truly was broadening.
My day was filled with inspiring (and sometime controversial) speakers, new ideas and energizing conversations. It really became clear today that we are in a different country and it has been so much fun realizing our Canadian idiosyncrasies.
There's no doubt that our days will continue to be as full and fun as today, and so I sign out with sleepy eyes awaiting to hit a pillow.
goodnight, from SF
that human
p.s. Ana found a new place to hang out:
Skipping along in the sun, on her way to the Global Summit, this human knew everything was moving forward. She could feel the vibes of all the delegates coming together to inspire, create, and participate in a "Laboratory of Collaboration". Nervous-excited energy was buzzing in all of us as we found our way to the pier where our next three days would be spent.
We immediately felt in the right place as the GS started off chanting different rhythms- "lum," "rum" and then "vum" and then finally "YUUUMMM"! How Weird (in the etymological sense of the word)?!
We hosted our PASSION BANNER workshop, engaging youth eager to share their passions and pin a piece of themselves onto our growing passion community.
The Life Spiral workshop was new to me, hosted beautifully by the other members of the SDH group i was free to fully participate in the newness of it. The Fibonacci Spiral itself fascinates me, but to apply it to my life, the life of others, truly was broadening.
My day was filled with inspiring (and sometime controversial) speakers, new ideas and energizing conversations. It really became clear today that we are in a different country and it has been so much fun realizing our Canadian idiosyncrasies.
There's no doubt that our days will continue to be as full and fun as today, and so I sign out with sleepy eyes awaiting to hit a pillow.
goodnight, from SF
that human
p.s. Ana found a new place to hang out:
Sunday, November 7, 2010
YUM does Global Summit - Day One
'Letter Home' (and outwards) November 7th 2010,
A-ha! Yes!
Destination reached!
The day started out at with a quick meeting at the Legion- and then we hit the road! We checked in at the border (with a quick conversation about the probability re: red-haired children by red-haired parents) and flew from Spokane into
San Francisco!
We haven't had much energy for much other than ordering dinner, scoping out our new digs (IH SF @ Fisherman's Wharf) and preparing for tomorrow and now everyone's tucked into their bunkbeds except for Fang, who brought you this fine note.
So before this gets out of hand and becomes another of my infamous rambling mini-novels, I'm going to sign out and say good-night, San Francisco, I can't wait to see you in all of your glory tomorrow morning; let the sun shine.
g'night,
6 munchkins with travel weary bones & bums
almost all of us getting ready to take flight:
Our comunal drawing (an activity inspired by the time spent waiting in the airport):
PFD & Fang's "OHMYGOSH WE JUST LANDED IN SF" faces:
A-ha! Yes!
Destination reached!
The day started out at with a quick meeting at the Legion- and then we hit the road! We checked in at the border (with a quick conversation about the probability re: red-haired children by red-haired parents) and flew from Spokane into
San Francisco!
We haven't had much energy for much other than ordering dinner, scoping out our new digs (IH SF @ Fisherman's Wharf) and preparing for tomorrow and now everyone's tucked into their bunkbeds except for Fang, who brought you this fine note.
So before this gets out of hand and becomes another of my infamous rambling mini-novels, I'm going to sign out and say good-night, San Francisco, I can't wait to see you in all of your glory tomorrow morning; let the sun shine.
g'night,
6 munchkins with travel weary bones & bums
almost all of us getting ready to take flight:
Our comunal drawing (an activity inspired by the time spent waiting in the airport):
PFD & Fang's "OHMYGOSH WE JUST LANDED IN SF" faces:
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