My morning constitutional. The light is a dull ache but my heart is like the crisp red leaves of a Japanese maple pulsing in the gray dawn. I am wearing my favorite socks a wildly patterned pair, with bright colors, and my brown birk sandals. My pants are midnight blue and my shirt October blue [...]
Archive for the ‘Cool Things’ Category
Picture Perfect Day
Posted in Cool Things, garden on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
bruised toes
Posted in Cool Things, Uncategorized on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
a week more or less and i think the universe is trying to tell me something, is whacking me repeatedly over the head trying to get some message into my brain. somehow i cannot figure out what the message is, i wish it were somewhat more obvious. sometimes things just go wrong in quantity. and [...]
Reducing your carbon footprint
Posted in Buy local, Cool Things on August 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just spent two days with with a friend from college and I have to say she really is doing it right. She and her husband both own hybrid vehicles, he owns a Prius and she owns an SUV hybrid. They live in the Adirondacks, which makes an SUV pretty much a necessity. The have I believe [...]
Windmills and Stargazing
Posted in Cool Things on August 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I live in a relatively large city, I mean in the sense that it is bright enough at night to keep you from seeing most of the stars. My daughter, her boyfriend, my furry man, and I went to the hills of Madison County to look at stars. The thing is that this area is [...]
Grandpa’s Cheese Barn
Posted in Cool Things on August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am driving to Ohio to take my niece home, my phone rings and I answer it. Where are you? he asks. I have no idea. I answer. It would appear in the middle of nowhere. Well thats probably not a good thing, he says laughing. Oh, I say, I just saw a sign for Medina [...]
Lost and Found
Posted in Cool Things, Gratitude on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I have posted before Loren Eiseley is one of my new favorite authors. One of his essays is called the The Star Thrower. A poignant piece about the importance of each small act. Yesterday one of my students gave me a gift for Teacher Appreciation week. I was absolutely blown away to open a [...]
Ms. Chevious Day
Posted in Cool Things, Uncategorized on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Grafitti on the train
Clickity Clack
Moses, Tzar, Bonus, Cesar
Mesmerized…….
Drive girl drive.
Today I was struck by the Buddha of Mischief. I was in the hall with my third graders and one of the boys tried to set me up with his Dad. I tease him regularly and tell him he has it right, he always sits with [...]
A couple of fun websites
Posted in Cool Things, artwork on March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I discovered this website while looking for pictures to go with vocabulary words for the literacy group I run on Tuesday mornings. http://www.geekalerts.com. Also the librarian at my school has found that the MacLife subscription is not utilized by any staff or students and until the subscription runs out she is giving them to me; [...]
