The Origins of Poi

Since I am still unable to spin fire for another few days I have decided to put together a post detailing the history of poi and where it came from. Next week I should be allowed to spin again, though only for short periods of time. This has honestly been one of the biggest frustrations […]

Proof I have a heart!

Tuesday, October 6th. The Big Day. This day started like most others. I woke up, made my kids their lunches, took them to school, returned home to grab my bike and a bunch of discs for disc golfing that day, and set off back to the school. My plans for the day involved going for […]

The first lessons in Fire Spinning — Stop Hitting Yourself

Last weekend I had the opportunity to build practice staves with my kids, and one of their friends. We had a blast in this process, as documented in my previous update. At the end of the weekend we had our first lessons in how to use these staves. It did not take too long for […]

Reflecting on Week #3 – Getting a Handle on Things

So this last week has been a whirlwind. I have managed to not feel overwhelmed by school. The rest of life is a whole other story though. Projects due for Wednesday observation classes are now understood, video and blog postings are rolling along at a relatively decent pace, and I felt like the task list […]

Constructing a Contact Staff

Well, this week has been VERY productive. It started off with the building of my own contact staff, and has ended with the construction of three more staves and a first lesson in how to use them. For the sake of construction I drifted through several DIY sites that gave me a variety of ideas […]

Reflections of the inter-Twined first week(s)

The first weeks of class have come and gone and man has it ever been a roller coaster. Going into this semester I felt foolishly prepared. By the end of my undergrad in December I understood how university worked and had all my systems in place to succeed, nothing was going to stop me when […]

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