Category Archives: rocks

Jul19

earning for learning.

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 Saline tween turns rocks into college fund:

Eleven-year-old Tucker Lambert hopes money earned from his startup – he digs rocks out of neighboring farm fields and sells them to landscapers – will pay for him to attend the University of Michigan, M-Live reports.

 The rocks, if left in the ground, would damage farm equipment, so Tucker digs them out and sells them from $1 to $50 depending on the size.

Customers can buy the rocks by setting up an appointment with his father. If you don’t need any rocks, you are welcome to contribute to his GoFundMe campaign here. 

https://www.gofundme.com/f/tuckers-rocks

Tucker’s Rocks est. 2024 Rocks, Stones Boulders, Landscaping Rocks

From Dad:

My 11 year old son has collected rocks for 2 years now. Tucker is a very busy young man. He collects the rocks from local farmers’ fields. He sells these to save money for his future college fund.

Tucker does all this with one four wheeler and one wagon. He digs the rocks out with a shovel. He is a small operation,  located in Saline, Michigan.

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“build your house on the rock of learning;

no one can take your education away from you.”

  – john spence

Oct7

rock and stroll.

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i cannot even begin to express the many reasons why i so love this

i know it is somewhere in michigan

now to find it

or create my own little rock library

perhaps one day

i can answer ‘rock trader’ as my profession when asked.

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 ‘if you become a rock on the mountain high above me,’ said his mother,
‘i will be a mountain climber, and i will climb to where you are.’ 
-margaret  wise brown, the runaway bunny

 

 

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photo credit: michigan rockhounds

Sep26

rock on.

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this is not me, but if i had a rock room it might be me.

i love finding rocks

especially heart-shaped rocks

 

i am always looking for them no matter where i am

 

 when i find one 

 

voila! – it’s magic

 

i only keep the very special ones. 

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‘rocks are records of events that took place at the time they formed.

they are books. they have a different vocabulary,

a different alphabet, but you learn how to read them.’

-john mcphee, american writer and pulitzer prize winner

 

Apr17

can rocks break?

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the kinder have been very interested in learning about rocks lately

they collected them

sorted them

brought in favorites

made a rock museum

painted with them

shared what they knew

still had questions.

one question was-

can rocks break?

now we all know.

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“the violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.”

-tennessee williams

Dec1

pathway.

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the kinder discovered a pathway on a hill

covered in beautiful, kind, and encouraging stones

created by the older children

left behind for them to find

“what sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

these are but trifles, to be sure;

but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.”

-joseph addision

Jan23

rock out.

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when you’re little

 walking around the museum

 see a big old bumpy boring rock

walk around to the front of it

 find an amazing, amazing surprise

that is inside of it

you just have to touch it

 there are no words.

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“sometimes the most shocking surprises are the most beautiful surprises.”

-lori wilhite

 

Sep17

of giants, glaciers, stone, and wolves.

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Kummakivi Balancing Rock

This rock stands in the middle of the forest balancing on another much smaller rock. There is a legend that the rock was placed here by giants, but there is also a scientific explanation for this. Geologists say that the rock may have been moved by the power of glacier over 8,000 years ago. This captivating stone can be found in Valtola, Southern Savonia, Finland.

The rock is well-visited no matter what you believe to be its origin story, and the best time to visit the rock is summer and early autumn, as you can easily get to the forest. It can be difficult to get to the middle of deep forest during long winter nights when there will be snow and maybe even wolves.

i’m a fan of the giant theory and would love to see this up close.

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“how one walks through the world,

the endless small adjustments of balance,

is affected by the shifting weights of beautiful things.”

-elaine scarry

Jun28

rocks remember.

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my collection of heart shaped rocks

i love discovering these wherever i travel

each one has a story to tell.

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“geologists have a saying – rocks remember.”

– neil armstrong