"America's Best Idea: The National Parks" Carol Hart Traditional indigo batik decorates this

Traditional indigo batik decorates this hand-carved sengon wood pendant

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"America's Best Idea: The National Parks" Carol Hart Traditional indigo batik decorates thisCarol Hart, Fayetteville, AR Americas Best Idea: The National Parks, 2026 Acrylic and collage 24 x 24 In thinking about the phrase "Our Common Ground" my thoughts kept returning to our national parks. As an artist married to a geologist and raising two sons, our vacations often took us to one of the national parks. Here is where our sons learned to identify every rock and formation, and the night constellations not visible from our sky at home. From