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I know I’m the only person who is really interested in what I am going to say here, however, on the off chance that anyone notices, I’m taking a couple of weeks to sit on a beach in Belize. (Yes, the very one pictured here. It’s a photo I took myself some years ago.) Internet access is limited plus I just don’t wanna think all that much when I’m down there!<\/p>\n
When I do choose to ruminate, I may give a bit of thought to the future of this blog and of ArtsEngaged<\/a>. Engaging Matters has been in existence for almost seven years; ArtsEngaged is embarking on some interesting projects\u2013Community Engagement Training<\/a> and development of a Community Engagement Network for “community engagement experts, practitioners, enthusiasts, students, and idly curious bystanders.”<\/p>\n I’ll be back in a couple of weeks. Perhaps there will be things to report. Or perhaps I will have simply further developed my taste for Belikin (“The beer of Belize”) and for rum punch.<\/p>\n Engage!<\/p>\n Doug<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hanging out the Do Not Disturb sign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Chillin': Off to the Caribbean","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5266","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s1G6h9-chillin","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5390,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/engage\/2018\/10\/introducing\/","url_meta":{"origin":5266,"position":0},"title":"Introducing","author":"Doug Borwick","date":"October 17, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Introducing Achia Floyd of ArtsEngaged","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.artsjournal.com\/engage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/AchiaFloyd-291x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5378,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/engage\/2018\/09\/announcing-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":5266,"position":1},"title":"ICYMI: Announcing","author":"Doug Borwick","date":"September 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The new and improved ArtsEngaged website has many resources for community engagement which you may find of value.","rel":"","context":"In \"arts\"","block_context":{"text":"arts","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/engage\/tag\/arts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.artsjournal.com\/engage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HeraldTrumpets-300x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5799,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/engage\/2020\/01\/fare-well\/","url_meta":{"origin":5266,"position":2},"title":"Fare Well","author":"Doug Borwick","date":"January 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Bidding Achia Floyd adieu.","rel":"","context":"In \"arts\"","block_context":{"text":"arts","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/engage\/tag\/arts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.artsjournal.com\/engage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/AchiaFloyd-485x500.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5851,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/engage\/2020\/02\/why-and-how\/","url_meta":{"origin":5266,"position":3},"title":"Why and How","author":"Doug Borwick","date":"February 24, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The Why and How of community engagement. 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