kinder shares a bowl filled with her red loose parts treasure salad
(it’s a secret recipe)
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“the heart that gives, gathers.”
-tao te ching
when you try and try
to make a snowman
the fluffy, sticky, wet snow is gone
the icy, hard, dry snow is here
you think and think
of another way
just decorate a bump that you find
make a flat-puffy snowman
and there you go.
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“creativity doesn’t wait for that perfect moment. it fashions its own perfect moments out of ordinary ones.”
– bruce garrabrandt
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You registered on WordPress.com 9 years ago.
Thanks for flying with us. Keep up the good blogging.
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9!
thanks to all who have
read, commented, liked, connected, responded,
met with me, supported, encouraged, inspired,
shared, laughed, cried, smiled, followed, or visited
over the last 9 years
i appreciate every gesture.
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“i feel like i’m on cloud nine right now.” – nik wallenda
my class has recently become enamored with a giant box of dinos
they play with them every day
create wildly imaginative scenarios
ask questions about real dinos
reassure me that the ones in our room are not real
one day when playing, a child asked
“would they wear masks if they were alive now?”
another jumped up to say
“never, ever, ever, ever, try to put a mask on a t-rex!!!!”
and an instant class book was born
what a brilliant title
others jumped in to offer reasons why you shouldn’t try to mask one
brainstorming was in full swing
some became illustrators
it is a fascinating and funny work in progress.
dinos may have left the earth forever, but books will never die.
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“stories are the common ground that allow people to connect, despite all our defenses and all our differences.”
-kate forsyth