"I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string." L.M. Montgomery
I am frequently asked to recommend books for kids to read. I spend a lot of time reading juvenile and young adult literature just so I can recommend them to my own students. Today I got the request again. . .this time for a boy from 5th-7th grade. Below is the list I sent verbatim, …
Continue reading Good Books for Boys and the People who Love Them
Wildflowers are blooming here in Texas: bluebonnets, winecups, buttercups, Indian paintbrush, Indian blanket, blue-eyed grass, coreopsis, meadow pink, phlox. . .you just want to have a dozen eyes so you can see it all at once. I DID stop and pick some blue-eyed grass today, but just like buttercups and other wild flowers, they close …
I don't really CARE for odd numbers. . .and 2011 is ODD, people. Although I SHOULD have taken full advantage of the auspiciousness of yesterday in it's even oddness. 1/1/11. All odd numbers, but an even amount of them. Yes. I am weird. So are you. Remember--I KNOW you people and your particular oddities, and …
At the end of summer, 2004 I was headed back to the classroom after three years at home, so Tony declared it the "Summer 'O Fun." It was anything BUT fun. MAJOR church trauma drama. . .rained for literally two months. . .it was so NOT fun. So each summer since, we have said with …
Things making me happy at the moment: -writing letters -friends who have known me a long time and love me ANYWAY -chocolate covered raisins -yoga -a BRAND NEW BOX of all 120 colors of Crayola crayons to share with my daughter in anticipation of a summer chock full ‘o coloring -my boy telling me that …
My friend Jennifer has been counting down the Twelve Days of Christmas, but she miscounted, and started on day eleven. Anyway. . .she was traveling today, so she asked me to do day four. Go see my attempt at matching her other posts. . .and read her lists while you're at it.
Linda over at 2nd Cup of Coffee does a "Random Dozen" each week. I WAS doing them. . .then I kind of fell off the planet. . .but here I am again. I loved her title: Let's All Link Hands Like the Whos in Whoville and Share Our Random Dozen 1. Gingerbread: For or against? …
*It snowed in Houston last Thursday. I snowed a lot--like for HOURS it snowed. As in most of the morning and all afternoon. This is remarkable. It did not stick (THAT is NOT remarkable), but had it been about 5 degrees colder for a little bit longer, it would have. Again, I say, this is …
I love a good list. In fact, lists are just good all the way around. Here is a Monday list. 1.) Embraced the day warmly. 2.) Had the day bite me in the tires. Sort of. Two of mine were low, and so my fancy tire monitor indicator light came on while I was too …
Hey, Antique Mommy, Sean's tally marks of 6 would come in handy for this meme. 🙂 RANDOM DOZEN PREVIEW: 1. Please share one middle school memory. It can be good, bad, ugly, funny. Pictures or words, I don't care, just share. Fall night, Jr. High football game, in the stands with MaryLinda and Clay. Clay …
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