We’re turning 9, so we’ve set a goal of raising $9,000 for our birthday! To help us reach our goal, host your own Facebook fundraiser and ask your friends to donate in support of Cactus Cancer Society.
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You’ve cracked some spines. You’ve checked out museum surveillance. Now it’s time to talk about it! Join us for our Book Club discussion on Grace D. Li’s Portrait of a Thief! There’s a ton to discuss here, from the heart-racing action to the deep emotional moments.
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Our expert, Chelsey Gomez, is here to answer your questions about creative expression and cancer! Today’s post is about personal expression: how to find it and how to use it!
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It’s almost our birthday, and we couldn’t be more excited to celebrate! We’ve got so many extra programs and fun events going all April long, culminating with our 9th Birthday Bash on April 30th!
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Our expert, Chelsey Gomez, is here to answer your questions about creative expression and cancer!
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April has arrived, and with it, the showers promised in the adage of “April showers bring May flowers.” My little town is on day two of a deluge and while the skies are grey, it’s also an invitation for me to slow down, just a bit. To linger with my cup of tea in the morning, to open the windows and let the fresh, cool air into the house.
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Our expert, Chelsey Gomez, is here to answer your questions about creative expression and cancer!
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Our expert, Chelsey Gomez, is here to answer your questions about creative expression and cancer!
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I have to admit, March is one of my least favorite months. Here in New Jersey, March is a fickle thing. It is prone to fits of rain and wind, but also capable of brilliant sunshine and the promise of spring as we spring our clocks forward with Daylight Savings time.
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Hey friends!
If you reside in the states that may or may not feel very united these days, these last few months have had some literal stormy weather. Whether you were checking your phone for Nor’easter, atmospheric river, cold wave or blizzard updates – we found ourselves indoors yet again relying on some creature comforts. Here’s a few that helped get me through the rain:
This album isn’t on Spotify anymore. Selfishly, that’s a shame because it means that “River” isn’t on my December holiday playlist anymore, but I don’t begrudge Joni that decision. Hey, we’ll always have YouTube. If you have a turntable handy, you have the warmth of a vinyl copy as an option. Her performance at the Grammys making me well up probably spurred my brain to move this one up on the Rainy Day Rotation recently, but it’s always a good one to come back to.
Something else I found myself coming back to and enjoying yet again recently. Putting the childhood nostalgia aside, the filming locations for this being (mostly) in the Pacific Northwest really give this movie such a rainy day feeling. It’s cinematic petrichor for me. Have you ever seen the deleted scene where Data fends off a giant octopus by playing some ’80s jam on a walkman? Here’s a fun detail if you don’t already know it: you can hear the director laugh/wheeze off-camera after Chunk’s “I told ya so! You never believe me!” Just a helpful reminder that even some of the best movies and songs of all-time left some mistakes in there.
