4/16: my two cents
A campus organization asked me to give a brief presentation this Monday evening on gender-neutral pronoun usage. (For the record, I'm a vocal proponent of the use of they, them, and their in the singular.) Today I put together my script and PowerPoint for the talk, and I enjoyed having the chance to formulate a coherent overview of the issue and my ideas about it. So, yes, my good thing for the day was getting to spend part of my afternoon thinking about grammar.
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My good thing is that I made something happen!
I was frustrated that our community, Sonoma, California, which is full of history and sites and sights never participates in the worldwide sketchcrawl movement. So..... when I learned that one would be held internationally on April 16 I arbitrarily decided that sketchers would meet on the Plaza at 11:00. I wrote a press release for two newspapers and online sources, made fliers for the local art supplies store and my watercolor class and spread the word.
Twelve people showed up! A local reporter came to take photos and cover the event. Twelve people drew together, more or less, for three hours, had a great time, learned each others names and want me to organize them for the next event.
Such a simple innocent pleasure, people taking time to draw in their own community.
I had never heard of a sketchcrawl before--what a great idea. And kudos to you, Barbara, for organizing one!
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