'''This season, we focused in on our priority projects and took a few big steps.'''
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We all had a great time launching rockets to represent [[The Destiny]], as part of the Portland and [http://www.meetup.com/SolSeed-Ottawa/events/91063842/ Ottawa] Solstice celebrations on December 21st and 22nd. The map of the United States on the asphalt was a nice touch, allowing the Portland contingent to imagine the city as the site of a major spaceport. Each celebration also featured a potluck dinner with family and friends.
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We moved toward publishing the big [[SolSeed book]] (title under review) by translating the text into LaTeX format, which allows us to define margins, title pages, and so on. We even had a partial test copy printed to find out what it would look like.
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The CD of songs about science that we helped to produce, [http://terralumina.bandcamp.com/album/terra-lumina Terra Lumina], was released on December 18th! John and Will should now have some time to work on the SolSeed song, using [[SolSeedSong|lyrics]] that I completed in November.
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This winter, we will:
*continue work on the book
*have a retreat to revisit and refine our overall purpose
*go skating in February to celebrate Snowball Earth
*hopefully get the finished song from John and Will and start working on a new music video!
Thanks for reading!<br>
Ben Sibelman