{"id":4680,"date":"2012-04-29T19:20:29","date_gmt":"2012-04-29T23:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/?p=4680"},"modified":"2012-04-29T19:36:44","modified_gmt":"2012-04-29T23:36:44","slug":"weekend-recap-besides-the-art-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/weekend-recap-besides-the-art-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Recap (besides the art fair)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"470\" height=\"269\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LA7nvvbLJDs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>One of the reasons I like to keep this blog is because I can go back and look at what I was doing, making or being inspired by last week or even four years ago.. I came across Alison Teal (Alison&#8217;s Adventures) after admiring surf photography by Sarah Lee &#8212; she does a lot of photography and cinematography for Alison, an adventurer, filmmaker and surfer who was home-schooled until her teenage years and raised by adventure photography\/ yogi\/ dancing parents around the world. She&#8217;s out there living it up &#8211; check out the video. Watching her stuff kind of reminds me to keep living and doing.. It&#8217;s really easy to sit in front of the computer and think about what could be, should be, might have been, isn&#8217;t, etc&#8230; I try not to even use the words &#8216;could&#8217;, &#8216;should&#8217; or &#8216;would&#8217;.. Just do it. Easier said than done, but definitely doable. (Sidenote: I wanted to learn to surf when I was a teenager. Kinda funny for a Kansas girl, but I used to visit the beach every so often and can remember crying on more than one occasion when I had to leave. It&#8217;s been a couple years since I&#8217;ve been to an ocean. Looking forward to a trip to San Diego in November.)<\/p>\n<p>In other weekend events, I bought some new running shoes &#8212; barefoot style Merrells. I swear by them. I used to run a lot but my left knee was giving out on me and so I quit. But when I got a pair of Merrells last year, I tried them out and kept going and haven&#8217;t had any knee pain at all (and now I&#8217;m ready for a new pair). Reason being, so I&#8217;ve heard, that the barefoot styled shoes reduce heel to ground impact which your knees absorb and create a more natural stride where the impact is on the ball of your foot. If you&#8217;ve ever run barefoot &#8212; without any shoes &#8212; you know what I mean. <\/p>\n<p>I also spent some time with family in Kansas City, raced remote control cars, ate some awesome Mexican food, watched Ghostbusters at my brother&#8217;s house, and took a look at some kayaks and small boats over the weekend. I have a few paddling friends and I&#8217;ve always wanted to get out on the water so I&#8217;m thinking about getting into it.. Gonna give it a try-before-I-buy with my neighbor who canoes frequently on the river.<\/p>\n<p>And now I&#8217;m sipping on some &#8220;Dirty Hippy Coffee&#8221;, locally roasted beans mixed with chai spice by company Home Brewed, and getting ready to go back to my artwork! Til next time..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the reasons I like to keep this blog is because I can go back and look at what I was doing, making or being inspired by last week or even four years ago.. 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