We feed so many good things in our lives: minds souls hearts bodies spirits And so many negative things: hatred resentment anger sadness This was an eventful week. I participated in the feeding of so many aspects of my world, and I hope the positive energy outweighs the negative that swirls around us. My girls…
Category: My family related blogs
Papers and Peas and Plans
So much to do: There is this website project that I can’t get my hands around. Second drafts of stories to read. Disappointing second drafts as many (not all) have few changes from first drafts (even proofreading!). A second set of papers are coming in Friday! Pronoun homework to look at to see who still…
Circus Dreams
My eldest daughter has just finished a short weekend run of a Halloween Circus show. The girls have worked hard over the past month and it always amazes me when the show comes together. But I’m not amazed at what they can do. When they commit to the show and really bellieve in it, the…
This Makes Me Cranky
Both of my 12-year-olds were in a 6th grade level math class last year (one was bored, I’ll allow, and both were one of just a few girls in their respective classes). This year on the basis of a test only one was moved up not to the grade level class but to Freshman Algebra…
Friday at the Reunion – and a teaching idea
I’m still posting at my travel blog, but the Friday morning experience got me thinking about central subject. Here is the full Friday post : of Atlatls and Tomahawks But what has got me thinking was the visit to the Jeffers petroglyphs. If I lived near this site I would connect my curriculum to it. …
Thursday, we start to show our true colors
I’m still posting over at my travel blog. We are cooking in earnest. Live to Eat; Eat to Live. Thursday at a glance
Moving in to Camp Shetek
Still posting at my other blog We moved in with much waiting, and waiting, and mechanical problems with transportation. Moving in
I’m on the road – and posting from my other blog
I started traveling last week, beginning with the once-every-two-years family reunion. We’ve been gathering like this since 1969 and my sister and I are menu planners and provisioners. Start here: Hunting and Gathering
Poets and Peas
We’ve been looking at American poets in class this week and I always like these days. Each student brings in a poet and we look at their life and an amuse-bouche of their work. This week we had Robert Creeley (and his poem Zero), Paul Laurence Dunbar (and his Caged Bird and some of his…
Facebook (breathe)
My niece is a wonderful woman. She lives in Florida with her husband and children, and her best friend from high school is her brother-in-law. My niece has stared down a lot of demons in her life, but lately they have come thick and fast. In the past two weeks she lost a childhood friend…
I hate dioramas.
I’m just saying. My daughters in the sixth grade are on their third set of dioramas for the year in Social Studies. As a modality – once – I’m okay, but this is crazy! And they come back from school like boomerangs in just a few short days. How does this teacher even begin to…
Cross Posting – Pie Wisdom
This was originally posted on my family food blog, but I thought that I should have it here as well. If you’ve already read this there, please pardon the redundancy: Paul C over at quoteflections asks: What is your skill which has been developed through practice and experience? You have respect for this skill and…
Living on the Lip of Insanity 