Tag Archives: Chula Vista Nature Center

THE GUNPOWDER CHRONICLES, Part 4: “Are You Listening?”

This is the 4th in a series about our partnership with the Chula Vista Nature Center at Gunpowder Point. These posts will document our progress as we move our middle school science program off campus– to a satellite classroom called the San Diego Bay! … Continue reading

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THE GUNPOWDER CHRONICLES, Part 2: “Balance”

This is the 2nd in a series about our partnership with the Chula Vista Nature Center at Gunpowder Point. These posts will document our progress as we move our middle school science program off campus– to a satellite classroom called the … Continue reading

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DANCING FOR FUNHOUSE MIRRORS

I just looked at the calendar on my IPhone and it says I am supposed to go back to work on Monday.  So be it.  I haven’t really left my work anyway… I have been messing with stuff for the … Continue reading

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EL MILAGRO AT A CROSSROADS

This is the anniversary of my first blog.  I have now been blogging for a full year.  59 posts, 147 comments and countless hours and caloric expenditures of creative energy later… here I am.  Somewhere. But this week I had … Continue reading

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AT GUNPOWDER POINT, NEW FIRE

Gunpowder Point is bathed in ocean breeze and bird poop.  It is now a protected marshland in what seems to be the last square foot of undeveloped land in Chula Vista.  Bordered by freeway noise to the east, and insulated … Continue reading

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