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Tag Archives: Alpha Folks
Decade
Friday I took Nate down to Oneonta for a fun few hours of Taco Bell, Office Max, Wal-Mart and Bearded Dragon Comics. That’s Nate’s idea of a day well spent. As we drove away from our house, Nate reminded me … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpha Folks, Autism, College, Cooperstown, Doug Miller, Hyperlexia, Margrethe Lauber, Mission of Complex, Strip Mall Art
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Right Where We Didn’t Want to Be
Man, is everybody sick? For the last week I’ve had a bad cold, severe sore throat and other viral symptoms I’d rather not discuss. It’s certainly not conducive to writing. This morning Nate went out for the second of three … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpha Folks, Autism, College, Cooperstown, Hannaford's, Hyperlexia, Independence, Mission of Complex, Perspective
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End of the Year
And so this is Christmas and what have we done? Well, for us it’s been an amazing year, especially in the Nate world. There was college graduation, the gallery show at Leonard Tourne in SoHo, the opening of StripMallArt (Nate’s Etsy … Continue reading
Between Shadow and Substance
It’s been a slow week in Nate-land. He’s recovered nicely from his oral surgery, now back to chowing down on Crunchwrap Supremes. His days are spent drawing strip malls and, with much prompting from me, and equal amounts of growling … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpha Folks, Artists Off Main, Autism, Cooperstown, Hyperlexia, Karen Katz Studio, Mission of Complex
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Small Businessman of the Year
The Etsy shop is all done. 124 pictures put up, described, and priced. It wasn’t short work, about 13 hours of typing and sorting. Not to say it wasn’t fun. Checking out Nate’s work in detail as I wrote short … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpha Folks, Autism, Facebook, Hyperlexia, Obsessive Construction, Primitive art, StripMallArt, Tobias Picker
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Making It Not Quite On Our Own
I’m no Romney, but I’ve done well. Yes, I made my own money, or, as Mitt says, “Everything I earned I earned the old-fashioned way.” But without help? Not on your life. Sure, it was my math test results that … Continue reading
Opening Soon
All of you know about Nate’s two soon-to-be businesses, Alpha Folks and his strip mall art. Alpha Folks is a bit further away than I’d hoped but his art is nearly ready to unfold. We got back ten pieces from his … Continue reading
At the Bottom of the Ladder
September 2012. There’s no school for Nate, for the first time over 15 years, but we have a plan. I was thinking after graduation how to fill Nate’s time, how to make him productive. We know he has the skills; … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpha Folks, Autism, College, Cooperstown, Hyperlexia, Independence, Interaction, Margrethe Lauber, Mission of Complex
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Happy Birthday Nate
Today Nate is 22. His 21st year was filled with milestones: college graduation, Manhattan art show, beginnings of Alpha Folks business. You’ve read about it on Mission of Complex. So today is one to celebrate and we plan on it … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpha Folks, Autism, Chicago, College, Cooperstown, Hyperlexia, Mission of Complex, Pizza, SUNY-Cobleskill
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Meeting at Alpha Folks Headquarters
Last week the ad hoc Board of Directors of Alpha Folks met at our house in Cooperstown. Lauber made a grand entrance on her motorcycle, which led to a brief conversation on Then Came Bronson. Doug Miller was here as … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpha Folks, Autism, Cooperstown, Doug Miller, Hyperlexia, Interaction, Margrethe Lauber, Mission of Complex
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