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Celebrating wood, wind, and words
​in St. Paul, Minnesota

What are Moments in the Park?
Moments in the park capture the essence of a sight, sound, scent, or sensation.
Moments are specific to a particular place and time. They often relate to the weather - wind, rain, snow, clouds - or seasonal changes in plants or animals - new leaves appearing, flowers blooming, birds singing.
Many of my moments are found in my local city park. But a "park" can be anywhere something catches your attention, your awareness, your imagination. I have found moments in the median of busy roads while running errands, in the play of light on the bathroom wall, and from the windows of airplanes.
The practice of being open to moments, of observing the particular details of a place and noticing changes from day to day and month to month, is a way of being mindful and present, of engaging with and appreciating the natural world wherever you happen to be.
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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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