getting ready to take the big jump. there is power in numbers.
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“individually, we are one drop. together, we are an ocean.”
– ryunosuke satoro
Oct8
Category Archives: childhood
Sep19
fury.
back in the 60’s
so excited to begin my modeling hobby
black fury arrived
took out all three of the pieces
two horse halves and a tail
laid them out
along with my airplane glue
after reading the directions
carefully matching the halves
adding the tail
it’s black plastic body
smeared all over with glue
but it was together
i had made it all by myself
gave it one last little squirt of glue
for good luck
which missed and went into my eye
my joy turned to dramatic squealing
zoomed off to the eye doctor
went home and looked at fury
with my one good eye
not sure what went wrong
learning not to add
one more little dab of something
when a project is finished
and began my foray into my new hobby
stamp collecting.
“when things go right it’s hard to figure out why,
but when things go wrong it’s really easy.”
-steven soderbergh
Sep12
holding infinity.
a fine and special treat shared
as we begin our adventure together
homemade foraged ice cream
—
“to see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower –
hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.’
-william blake
Sep2
piaget. (repost-computer still in flux)
*Jean Piaget (1896-1980) in his office.
Shout out to all those who didn’t tidy their office before the start of the school year.
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“simple solutions seldom are. it takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the obvious.”
-alfred north whitehead
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*Piaget’s (1936) theory of cognitive development explains how a child constructs a mental model of the world. He disagreed with the idea that intelligence was a fixed trait, and regarded cognitive development as a process which occurs due to biological maturation and interaction with the environment.
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credit: modern language association
Aug10
small batch.
grandie b whips up a late night batch of her chocolate chip cookies
no recipe
improv as needed
no fear.
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“cooking with kids is not just about ingredients, recipes, and cooking.
it’s about harnessing imagination, empowerment, and creativity.”
-guy fieri
Jul21
11.
(in honor of all the recent space activity and a soon to arrive full moon – a repost from 2 years ago)
50th anniversary of the week of the Apollo 11 moon landing
I was 11
on the cusp of everything
we went over
to my parents’ friends’ house
everyone was transfixed
air was electric
all gathered around the tv
watching
silent and awestruck
gobsmacked
as the first man walked on the moon
spoke his first words on the moon
lots of emotion in the house
I ran to the window to look at the moon
hoping I would see him up there
right in the middle of all of this
the hostess
left to go to the hospital
to have her baby
she named him neil
after that man on the moon.
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“we ran as if to meet the moon.”
― robert frost
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image credit: Ann Arbor district library archives
Jun10
on the last day.
on the last day
in the last hour
of a wild ride
in a year of ups and downs
we all made it through
the kinder emerged stronger than ever
taking a final gentle walk
into the sunshowers of summer.
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“now shall i walk or shall i ride? ‘ride,’ pleasure said; ‘walk’ joy replied.”
-w.h.davies
Apr12
ideas.
when you want to change the color of your shoes
but don’t have a job
to make the money to buy them
and no one will hire you
just because you are a 4-year-old
even though you have a lot of energy
you find your own way to get those turquoise shoes.
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“a busy mind is full of thoughts, a blissful mind is full of ideas.”
– amit kalantri, author
Mar4
beautiful story.
sometimes we all need a little break
time and space to sit and ponder.
—
“silence is a beautiful story.”
-kulpreet yadav
I didn't have my glasses on.... 