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With no particular excuses I present recent goings-on at Maison d'un millier projets inachevés.

Jamie has moved up to the Green Room at her daycare. This means she's with all 3-5 year-olds. She's very excited and having a lot of fun. In the summer the kids who don't nap put on their swim suits and go out to play in the sprinklers. While inspecting the fit of her new swimsuit a few weeks ago, Jamie exclaimed, "It's just right for little me!"

Karl is doing a 2-week expedition day camp, learning about gardening and sustainable agriculture. It's an "expedition" because it's presented by our town's newest charter school, based on the Expeditionary Learning model. The camp includes working in the community garden, picking and bagging produce for the food bank, painting the new rainwater cistern at the local enviro-institute, and learning Morris dances relating to planting and harvest.

My wife the artist: the solar batteries seem fully charged, and she has returned to writing with gusto after a nearly 3-year hiatus.

My music: a Jellybeans subset sang a couple of gospel tunes for the annual Gospel Music Sunday at the MUWOAUU Church. There was quite a crowd, unusual for a summer service. It would not be unfair to conclude there are Christmas, Easter, and Gospel Music Sunday Unitarians around here. Maison de 1000... is not entirely innocent in this regard.

Jellybeans' first piece was "Roll Jordan," a Fairfield Four tune brought home from last year's Village Harmony camp. The other piece was "Zen Gospel Singing", a delightful little ditty by Mark Graham. I cannot imagine a more appropriate piece for a Gospel Music service at a UU church. It relates the story of a former Baptist turned Buddhist who left behind the theology but misses the heartfelt and beautiful music. He doesn't seek salvation, just "Om, om, sweet om."