Word: woodenness
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...many families are enthusiastic. Jana Wilson, 50, a Bloomington university administrator, joined the Indiana Compact, whose participants are networking to set up resale shops. She asked her kids not to buy her anything new for Christmas. The result: a hand-made wooden trophy from her 10-year-old son inscribed "Best Mom 2006," and a book of coupons for household chores from her 14-year-old daughter. "Those were two of the nicest things I have ever gotten," Wilson says...
...Back along the canal Saint-Martin, hundreds of people continue bedding down on freezing concrete and paving stones, inside thin nylon tents propped up on cardboard or wooden pallets as insulation. Along a stretch of embankment an improvised sign has renamed "SDF Boulevard," G?rard backs into and zips up his tent to prepare for what he good-naturedly anticipates will be "another night, and more people wandering by." Further upstream, in a series of more permanent homeless camps by the canal, visitors are greeted with far less cheer - and told to go "back down there if you want a show...
...when the frustration of admiring-but not touching-everything from a 17th century rocking horse or Javanese shadow puppets through to vintage Playstations and Pokémon shoes gets too much, there are giant magnetic-doodle screens, fiber-optics and a wooden wave machine to play with. And lots of stuff for the kids to do, too. museumofchildhood.org.uk
...each year. The healthy rivalry that exists among the often amateur wood-carvers is the source of constant innovation. Bukvaj, 63, a retired miller, has recreated dozens of species of mushrooms, butterflies and birds in miniature. He's also introduced transparent glass lakes that showcase his tiny wooden fish...
...animation on the computer in his office, he narrates about microtubials, the cytoskeleton, and motor proteins with the same awe and expertise as when he explains the artwork in the room. From analyzing the subtle techniques employed in Agnes Martin’s minimalist paintings to commenting on a wooden carving in the shape of two figures–“this artist was probably self-taught, probably a father’s gift to a son,”—Lue explains his passion for all types of “immediate personal expression....It?...