Garage sale. Tomorrow. Our place. Excited? No.
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Friday, June 5th, 2009A good day to Walk for ALS
Sunday, May 31st, 2009I’ve put some pictures of the 2009 Walk for ALS in a gallery. Click on the Team Glen picture below for more pictures of the walk and of the time socializing afterwards.
UPDATE: Team Glen raised a total of $6,016.50 for the fight against ALS. A big thanks to the Team Glen members who walked and collected donations, and an equally big thanks to all who donated to the cause.
Last chance to donate to Team Glen – Walk for ALS
Thursday, May 28th, 2009Back in late April I posted about Team Glen, which had just started recruiting members to participate in the Prince Albert Walk for ALS. The response has been overwhelming, with 21 team members/walkers registered. The walk will be happening this Saturday morning, just a couple of days away. If you would like to make a donation to this great cause, there is still time to do so online at the Team Glen Website. Alternatively if you chase down any of the team members listed at that website, I’m sure they would be glad to add your donation to their pledge card.
Yesterday was Syttende Mai …
Monday, May 18th, 2009… so today must be Charlotte’s birthday.
I still think it would have been cool if she’d have been born on Norway’s National Day, but she delayed a day.
And 18 years later she still does things her own way.
Planting trees on the woodlot
Thursday, May 14th, 2009On Saturday our family went out to our land, and together with co-owners Pastor Glenn & Gloria and family, we pounded in the tree and shrub seedlings that we had ordered from Shand Greenhouse.
Iain Chentunkel dropped by and entertained us for awhile.
It was a good day. I’ve uploaded some photos to a gallery. Click the image below for more.
Last day with Luke for awhile
Sunday, May 10th, 2009I mentioned awhile back that Luke and Charlotte will be spending some time in England.
Luke’s departure day is upon us. He will fly out of Calgary on Monday evening, so he will be taking a bus from P.A. to Calgary tonight.
We’ll all be going out for Mother’s Day brunch today, and saying our good-byes.
And our family moves through another stage.
The colour of music – news story
Thursday, April 30th, 2009Today’s Prince Albert Daily Herald had this story about Charlotte’s art show …
Student brings art and music together
KRISTINA JARVIS
The Prince Albert Daily HeraldAs she sits at the table, Charlotte Loseth explains how music has influenced her life and especially her art.
“Music and art have always been together for me,” said the Carlton Comprehensive High School Grade 12 student.
“When I was painting each portrait, I was listening to their music to help me along.”
Loseth is set to present her art – four portraits of musical artists – on Friday at Turks Coffee House, with another show to be held at Carlton next week.
The four artists Loseth chose are singers she has a strong connection to, whether it was growing up listening to Bob Dylan or her own enjoyment of the indie rock band Animal Collective. Loseth said she painted each singer in a way that shows what she feels their music would look like if it were to become physical.
The portraits were completed as part of an independent extra credit course Loseth took at Carlton. According to Carlton principal Dawn Kilmer, the program is one that requires the student to not only be self-motivated, but also asks them to design their own curriculum and marking scheme.
“It’s always in a passion area,” said Kilmer. “They always come up with incredible products.”
Loseth’s art teacher, Dawn Marie Anderson, said she was impressed with the work and skill Loseth put into her paintings. One of the challenges Anderson observed her student go through was the struggle to push herself and her art beyond what she had done before.
“She was just so fearless in what she did,” she said. “She’s gone past the point of where I would have thought she would go.”
For Loseth, the project is the end of a year of artistic challenge, but also serves as the start to a new life beyond high school. She hopes to use the artwork as part of her portfolio to apply to art schools next year.
“I’m applying once I have built up a portfolio,” she said. “I’ve just always thought art school would be an awesome place to be.”
Loseth’s work will be on display to the public at Turks Coffee House from 8-10 p.m. on Friday. It will also be open to the public in the Carlton rotunda for the week starting Monday.
More street hockey
Sunday, April 26th, 2009Last year I put up some pictures of Janet playing in the annual street hockey tournament of Saskatchewan Rivers Schoold Division staff. Here are a couple of pics from this year’s tournament (the PACI team fought valiantly, and won one of their three games, but didn’t make the playoffs).
The colour of music – an invitation
Saturday, April 25th, 2009
If you are in the vicinity of Turk’s Coffee House between 8:00 and 10:30 p.m. this Friday (May 1, 2009), consider taking up Charlotte’s invitation. She’s worked hard at this project, and I think she’s done well.
Team Glen
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009Some of my readers may remember that last spring I participated in the 2008 Walk for ALS.
This year’s Prince Albert Walk for ALS will be held on May 30. Having more advance notice than last year, upon discussion with some family members we have decided to form a team to walk in this year’s event. Team Glen will be fundraising over the next few weeks to raise money to fight this cruel disease in memory of my brother Glen, who died of ALS in 2004.
Glen (middle front) with his siblings - April 2002 - ALS not yet diagnosed.
We have registered for the walk, and have created a team website on the ALS Society of Saskatchewan’s website. If you knew Glen and would like to join Team Glen to help fundraise to fight ALS, or if you’d like to make an online donation, or just to learn more about ALS, check out the Team Glen Website here.
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