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Sep25

in line.

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sweet kinder spends her free choice time playing with the doll house.

when i stop over for a visit and ask why all the people are facing one way

she tells me they are waiting in line for the one bathroom.

(if you look closely, all the way to the right,

you’ll see the one toilet with someone sitting on it,

as well as a chef serving food out of a window,

and more people and animals scattered around downstairs)

what an amazing real world scenario.

how can i not love every single day of my job?

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‘waiting in line is a great opportunity to meet people, daydream, or play.’

-patch adams

Sep21

transforming.

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kinders transform with hands, finger paint, foil, and joy. 

 

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“the goal of life is rapture. art is the way we experience it.

art is the transforming experience.”

— joseph campbell

Sep19

superpowers.

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the grandies offered me a chance

to choose my superpower –

flight, strength, invisibility, speed, or shape shift?

i chose invisibilty

got inside of the machine

they powered it up

when i came out

they confirmed that i was now invisible.

except for my feet

which did not fit in the box.

i can live with that. 

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“the things that make us different, those are our superpowers.”

-lena waithe

Sep14

the next one.

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kinder climbs to the top and reaches back down.

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“the way I see it, if you climb the wall,

you reach back down and help the next one up.”

-carolyn aronson

Sep4

the crossing.

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word has it the littles are headed to england.

hopefully they’re back in the states

in time for the first day of school today.

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“you can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”

-rabindranath tagore

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glen lake, empire, michigan – summer 2018

Sep2

ghosts.

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littles

playing, creeping, tiptoeing

ghosts in the graveyard

scaring themselves to death

screaming, spooky, squealing, shrieking

so much fun.

“while it’s cool to think ghosts exist, i don’t want to see one.”

-dean ambrose

Aug10

reach.

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grandies

jump in.

get dirty.

fall down.

and

reach again

even higher.

“jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty,

fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.”

-ben stein

Aug1

germ.

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spent time in my classroom

doing some pre-planning with my team

and saw how thorough

our summer cleaning crew had been.

i especially loved the note they left on the chairs:

they did not merely say

‘chairs cleaned’

but instead they kicked it up a notch to an ’11’

 the ‘disinfected’ level

for the kinders’ chairs.

i can certainly appreciate that.

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“growth itself contains the germ of happiness.”

-pearl s. buck

Jun29

reach.

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“we sit in the mud… and reach for the stars.”

-ivan turgenev

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Jun24

other worlds.

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while watching the little league game

i caught a glimmer of shiny blue movement

out of the corner of my eye

 and suddenly there appeared

a shimmery mermaid

all scales and tails

coming from far away

skipping onto the field

staying safe in the background

to see just what

this other world was all about

and in an instant

she was skipping off again

returning to the safe world she knew

in the great bathtub sea. 

“it’s fun to peek into other people’s worlds

and see how they go about doing things.”

-norah jones