W.C. Fields invented this form of juggling. 

Faster than the speed of the camera flash. 

I dusted off my cigar boxes and started working with them again for the first time in years. Never say never. 

Passing patterns for juggling.

http://www.passingdb.com/download.php?section=patterns

My favorite eye candy.

As you can see, I got my two new contact juggling balls today. I know that if you are not into it, you probably don't appreciate it, but I've waited five years to get these. I just couldn't rationalize spending that kind of money. I like the way someone described contact juggling as 'creating random acts of beauty'.

Solid ball. Yes, it's heavy. 

Oooooh purdy. 

Hand-painted wooden balls. 

Contact Juggling Revisited

After trying to teach myself contact juggling for years (literally) I finally broke down and bought a book. It's called Contact Juggling by James Ernest. It's spiral bound so it lays flat for practicing. I've reverted back to my old method of standing in front of my bed, so the mattress cushions the wooden ball when I drop it. I'm already making some progress thanks to the book. And now I'm learning the names of some of the patterns so I can better communicate with other jugglers.

Those Juggling Flamingos

http://alhoward.home.mindspring.com/flamingo/

Women in the juggling arts.

Google and Juggling

The problem with trying to find juggling info on google is that the word 'juggle' is almost never used for literal juggling. So you get tons of sites like "Lady juggles 2 children" or "Surgeon juggles hospital staff and medical school problems". And a plethora of sites about juggling taxes or juggling the books or juggling schedules. Ho hum...takes the word juggle back so jugglers can have it.

Juggling till I die.

I have been juggling since 1977. It was the perfect college activity to do between classes. I kept juggling year after year, only to find that I was getting older and older and the average age of jugglers was still 22-25. So here I am, still juggling at 46, still loving it, but not feeling a lot of other people my age to bond with. I meet a few jugglers my age (and older) at juggling festivals but still we are maybe in the 5 percentile. Why do people stop juggling? Do we get of an age where it just makes us feel too silly? Is it just not socially acceptable to be throwing your lunch around? Hmmm.

Juggling rings I crocheted for kid's shows. 

Wooden juggling balls I handpainted in animal prints. 

Five balls. The balls are made out of balloons and filled with rice. Honest. 

I used to pass clubs with other jugglers. I just don't seem to get much opportunity to do that anymore. If you live near Anaheim, CA (Disneyland) give me a jingle and we'll throw things at each other. 

Ring juggling. These are merlo rings from Juggle Bug named after juggler Larry Merlo. 

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