The Summerglen Files

Greetings, Summerglen Friends!
I apologize for not writing for, er, a month… It looks like I’ve taken my 17-day retreat thing to a whole new level. It’s long after the 17 day mark, but I’m still making sure to relax and enjoy the little details of life (unfortunately, though, at the expense of my [...]

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Perhaps one of the best ways to relax is to get out of town and take a nice vacation. Although it can be tempting to make excuses like, “Oh, it’s too expensive” or “I really have a lot to do,” vacation is important, even vital, to our sanity and creativity.
Last weekend was [...]

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It can be all to easy to get locked into schedules and habits. We get used to doing certain things in certain ways at certain times, and life becomes a comfortable routine. But sometimes it’s the very comfort of a routine that holds us back from being energetic and innovative and spontaneous. [...]

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On Day 1 of our 17-day retreat, the weather was gorgeous! So Andrew and I did something that has always been therapeutic for both of us–we worked in the yard.
We’ve had a swimming pool sitting under our house for 3 years now, waiting to be filled and enjoyed–but we’ve always been too busy to [...]

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2009 has been a wild and crazy year for us Summergleners…we’ve been writing books, setting up ways to market those books, getting a salsa band up and running, working with students, playing heaps of shows, and planning creativity workshops, summer ensembles, and various kinds of school bands. It feels like we’ve been working nonstop, [...]

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