Monthly Archives: October 2014

food is our common ground, a universal experience.  – james beard

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nothing like a lunch

with

the kinders

and

pre-kinders

especially

when it’s taco day

it takes it to

a whole other level

one little guy

whose eyes

opened wide

 upon seeing the taco

filled to the edge

with all sorts

of colorful things

and

put on his plate

and wondering

how

he would ever manage

to get it

into his mouth

and

away from the floor

calmly says,

‘i’m going to need chopsticks to eat this’

i always admire those

out of the box thinkers

well played little man

and i must admit

i hadn’t thought of that

but we may

have to call in

the big guns

for this one

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meet the eatensil

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just a dance.

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quote by: robert brault

“the creative adult is the child who has survived.” – ursula le guin

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if you look at little kids and wild animals, these are two groups of things that whenever i’m with them forces me to be in the moment. – dominic monaghan

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baby j

checked out the competition 

both showed up

on the green carpet

sporting the same

flashy fashion palette

who wore it best?

who dressed you?

mother nature.

who dressed you?

my momma.

every child is born a naturalist. his eyes are, by nature, open to the glories of the stars,

the beauty of the flowers, and the mystery of life. –  r. s search
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clothes make a statement. costumes tell a story. ~mason cooley

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i’ve begun to

think about

my costume

with

 halloween

arriving

in just

a few weeks

and

i remember

the year

i dressed up

as

a weather girl

when

i wore

my yellow raincoat

a string of pearls

high heels

t.v. makeup

and

curled hair

but

people guessed

that i was

a flasher

and

that didn’t

go

exactly

as planned

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we shouldn’t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. – b. f. skinner

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the teatime reader

loved

walking around

the neighborhood

on this cool fall day

and seeing

a young child

sitting all alone

under a tree

reading

a book

aloud

happily lost

in the  

magical world

of her

imagination

he that loves reading has everything within his reach. 

– william godwin

 

so, i opened my mailbox only to find this piece of food terrorism waiting for me there.

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it knocked me

off my feet

and

attacked me

from

all sides

and

i

was

completely

left

defenseless 

to

its powers

holy hell

the

only thing

worse

would be

if it said

we will 

come

to your house

and

finger feed you

chips and dip

and

salted caramels

while you

lie around

on your sofa

i usually take a two-hour nap from one to four. – yogi berra

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as we walked in from recess

e muttered aloud:

why do we have to take naps?

why do we have to take them every day?

why do schools make kids take naps?

whey do we have to?

why?

do all schools take naps?

i hate naps.

i never fall asleep.

i do not like naps.

naps are dumb.

when we

got back to our room

he

got a drink of water

laid down on his cot

and 

passed out cold

for 1 and 1/4 hours

and

 neither of us

said a word 

when he 

finally woke up

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‘they say you spend your whole life rewriting the first poem you ever loved.’ – author unknown

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‘breathe in experience, breathe out poetry’ – muriel rukeyser

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in honor of national poetry day

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so do it.

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