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Monday, April 11, 2022

Filling the Well: John Burroughs and Stunts Amazing

 
PARALYS1S

 
Leap and the net will appear.
 
– John Burroughs
 
 
 Parkour videos by Stunts Amazing
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kh4Z5jPqTg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cBWJBwynnM



 
April 1: Michelle H. Barnes and Cosmo Sheldrake
April 2: Hans Christian Andersen
April 3: Guy Finley, Anneke van Giersbergen and Árstíðir 
April 4: Joseph Campbell and Fabien Weibel
April 5: Salvador Dalí and Pilobolus
April 6: Jacob Nordby and Talking Animals
April 7: Aileen Fisher, XTC, and Takarazuka Ballet
April 8: Amit Ray and Yehuda Amichai
April 9: Frances Hodgson Burnett
April 10: Frank Lloyd Wright, Stéphane Grappelli, and Django Reinhardt 


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