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Struggle: While mining today, I neglected to follow Veronica's advice to never, ever, ever dig straight down, and I paid dearly for it. While digging up some Red Stone, I fell into a lava pit and lost all of my most valuable items. It was so frustrating to see much of my hard work disappear like that in an instant. 

Accomplishment: After our class discussion about projects we could undertake as a group, Veronica and I thought that we could lay the foundation for a community farm, and when I later ran into Wendy, I invited her to join us as well. Together, we selected an area by the sand town because it was in familiar territory for most of us, and we all pitched in material: I provided wheat seeds, Wendy provided pumpkin seeds, and Veronica provided melon seeds. In just half an hour, we accomplished so much. I can't wait to undertake an even larger project with the rest of the class.

Observation: The environment seems so much richer now. There are gardens and forests everywhere in my corner of the map now. After being so strapped for resources, it's nice to see how plentiful they are again, and I hope that we can all stay in this environmental mindset for the remainder of the project. 

Question: Could we talk more about the intersection of the "analogue" and "digital" worlds in the Minecraft context?