we’re gonna’ need a bigger boat
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“ideas are easy. it’s the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats.”
-sue grafton
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image credit: white lotus farms, ann arbor, michigan, usa
Jun2
Author Archives: beth
Jun1
flowery language.
today the water flowers spelled out their words in cursive writing
what do you think they were saying?
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“can we speak in flowers? it will be easier for me to understand.”
-nayyirah waheed, Salt
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furstenberg park, ann arbor, michigan, usa – june 2020
May31
dino-mite!
you never know who you’ll encounter in the neighborhood,
that’s what makes it so interesting
wonder what he thinks of us?
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“and the moral for dinosaurs is: lock the back door!”
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May30
empathy.
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image credit: d. desky
May29
today is…
(not my actual class, but what they might look like
if they weren’t preschool students
if it was back in the day
and
if they were leaving an actual school building)
HAPPY LAST DAY TO ONE AND ALL, LOVE YOUR TEACHER – WE MADE IT, AND I SALUTE YOU!
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“today is the first and last day of forever.”
-stephenie meyer
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image credit: ann arbor district library archives
May28
keep the heart touchable.
doing virtual early childhood parent-teacher conferences online
did not feel natural
but i give parents so much credit
some went to elaborate lengths
to find a space and time
where their child wouldn’t find them
so we could openly talk
and share stories
about how their child
touched our hearts this year
we talked to parents
in a closet, in a basement, up in an attic room,
and those who sent their child off on an errand
some waited until their child was asleep at night
but one thing was the same
this was a wonderful group of supportive, think-on-their-feet parents
who kept our connection with their children going
even from a distance
as we all navigated our way through this uncharted territory
and we were so lucky to have them as our teaching and learning partners this year.
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“in a world where the great technologies enable us to record, replay, cut and paste, zoom in, and delete –
listening is the crucial commitment to keep the heart touchable.”
-mark nepo
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photo credit: bored panda
May27
music amongst the trees.
a new garden begins
in the first spring
spent at my home
first things first
a door is decorated
tiny flowers are planted
shells and stones and treasures and glittery things
are scattered
leaving room for more to come
the fairies are welcome
to visit and stay at their leisure
i’ll listen very quietly.
- “there is always music amongst the trees in the garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it.”
-minnie aumonier
May26
banjo.
met this musician
while out on a walk
playing
just to make people feel better
music and compassion
flowed from him.
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“the banjo is truly an american instrument,
and it captures something about our past.”
-steve martin
May25
remembering on memorial day.
thank you.
“since it is not granted to us to live long,
let us transmit to posterity some memorial that we have at least lived.”
e. joseph cossman
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image credit: pngitem.com
May24
no control.
it is highly likey that someone lost control of their remote control.
i can only imagine the story.
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“why do you press harder on a remote-control when you know the battery’s dead?”
-steven wright
I didn't have my glasses on.... 