I was reading a post on the A Beautiful Mess blog and the writer wrote about stray fortunes. I like that pairing and thought of it recently as I cleaned our house, especially as I went through the girls’ room. Here’s a little box for teeth that have been lost. Hadley lost another tooth, and much to her delight she… View Post
Right Now
{Changed} the positioning of the stuff on my desk. That’s what you do when you don’t know what to write. You decide that everything you own is in the wrong place or worse, that everything you own is not the thing you are supposed to own. Last week I threw out seven pairs of shoes, some jeans, and a few… View Post
Meeting
Last week I went to Harper’s preschool conference. Not a huge deal in and of itself, but I realized that this would be the last conference in the school she is currently going to. Next year is Kindergarten. I’m particularly sensitive to this because it’s the end of an era for me, too. I don’t know what I’ll do next… View Post
Okay Fine, Annie Dillard
“Today is one of those excellent January partly cloudies in which light chooses an unexpected part of the landscape to trick out in gilt, and then shadow sweeps it away. You know you’re alive.” – Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek I wasn’t going to blog this week. I just finished a huge project documenting my path into the Creative… View Post
Snow Days Are For Teachers
I loved being a teacher. I really did. But I have to tell you that I don’t think anyone likes snow days more than teachers. I know, I know, teaching is a vocation, a calling, God’s will, blah, blah, blah, and I’m all about all of that. But to hear “snow” and “day” when you’re a teacher is like thinking… View Post
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