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The phrase Moments in the Park was originally used to describe short prose poems inspired by observations on walks through Horton Park and other outdoor spaces. Throughout 2016, I crafted Moments in the Park as a daily practice. You can read more about that journey in this essay. I have continued to write Moments in the Park, just not as frequently as that first year.
Here you will find the prose poems as well as expansions telling the story of the inspiration, reflecting on a related theme, or digging deeper into learning about the subject.
The activities in the Appreciation section of the Start with a Park practice are designed to inspire you to create in collaboration with a park near you, in images, words, getting out on a limb (literally!) by climbing a tree, or through food. I would love to see what you create and would be honored to share your creations here.

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Moment: March 2, 2017, 6:45 a.m.

3/2/2017

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Sunrise splashes across the sky in brilliant bands of tangerine an flamingo pink, clamshell purple and ocean blue that could be the flag of a tropical island nation.

Horton Park

Of course, even tropical island nations don't actually have flags incorporating the colors of their lands. For several years, before small children made such intricate and time-consuming pastimes an impossibility, we celebrated United Nations Day each October by making flag cookies. We baked dozens of rectangular (and one custom-cut pennant for Nepal) sugar cookies; gathered small cake decorating spatulas, colored gel tubes, and toothpicks; and mixed up dishes of colored royal icing. The biggest dishes were occupied by the basic red, blue, yellow, black, white and green. With smaller dishes for orange and light blue, we pretty much had our bases covered.

What would the world be like if, instead of the strident primary palette, our flags were composed of more nuanced, natural colors, reflecting the land of their origins? 
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