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Lopez JuggleFest 2008

This weekend, I hopped out to Lopez Island for the 18th annual Lopez JuggleFest. It was my 5th(?) time attending and this year was as magical as ever. My thoughts from last year still apply: wonder and appreciation at the cooperation, thankfulness, and thoughtfulness shared. Oh, and there is always some kick ass juggling too.

As I was explaining to a friend recently, annual events such as this provide an opportunity for me to notice changes in my life that might have happened slowly enough that, without this chance for comparison from year to year, would go unnoticed. This applies both in a concrete sense (my first lopez festival 6(?) years ago, I had to leave early to get back to a housesitting gig just as I did this year i.e. some things don't change) and more conceptually (the practice of sharing a hug with a [near] stranger has gone from unheard-of-ly uncommon (and uncomfortable) to unremarkably common (and enjoyed) i.e. some things do change).

All this is to say that while my juggling skills got a much needed workout* this weekend, my mind-brain also made a few laps, both in analysis of change and merely of revisiting times past. Next weekend's juggling festival in Portland will be a little more juggling focused and a little less thought-provoking. Stay tuned for a post on that which will be a juggling post actually about juggling.

Sunday September 21 2008

File under: juggling

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on Sun 21st Sep, 2008 06:00 pm PDT Sean said:
No naked fire?
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on Sun 21st Sep, 2008 09:14 pm PDT Wren said:
Of course there was naked fire juggling. It wouldn't be the Lopez Juggling Festival without it. But I didn't juggle fire naked. That's just plain silly-talk.
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on Fri 26th Sep, 2008 12:29 pm PDT Ryan said:
photos of Wren nude and rude requested please.
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