Tag Archives: discovery

Jul23

no better high.

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imagine my excitement

when walking back from town

something catching my eye

 peeking under the little trees

alongside a front porch

only to discover

a complete tiny village.

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‘there is no better high than discovery.’

-E. O. Wilson

*Edward Osborne Wilson (1929–2021), University Research Professor Emeritus at Harvard, was the guiding force that shaped the mission of the E.O. Wilson BiodiversityFoundation. Widely considered one of the greatest natural scientists of our time, he was a pioneer in efforts to preserve and protect the biodiversity of our planet, receiving more than 150 international awards, including Pulitzer Prizes for his books On Human Nature and The Ants.

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

Sep8

seeing magic.

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and, the magic has begun.

the kinder find an extended family of roly-poly’s in the trunk of a tree

everyone runs over to see them. 

 

 

 

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“children can see magic because they look for it.”

-christopher moore

Aug24

new paths.

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some paths just wait to be discovered

 

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“we keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things,

because we are curious, and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”

-walt disney

 

 

 

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leslie park, ann arbor,michigan, usa

Dec16

make way for the answer.

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when you

arrive at work in the dark

leave work in the light

go to get in your car

noticing that you’ve parked

in front of a cool old rusty thing and a bone 

and you wonder what the story is.

 

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“to respect a mystery is to make way for the answer.”
― criss jami

Apr22

on earth day, and every day.

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kinder in their natural habitat capturing the ever-elusive giant stick

 

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“live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink,

taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the Earth.”

-henry david thoreau

Dec9

learning is creation.

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“what does our word say?!!”

(two kinder working together in my multi-age classroom, one older, one younger)

 

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“learning is creation, not consumption. 

knowledge is not something a learner absorbs,

but something a learner creates.”

-george couros

 

 

Dec6

up for a stroll?

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The longest road in the world to walk is from Cape Town (South Africa) to Magadan (Russia).

No need for planes or boats, there are bridges. 

It’s 22,387 km and it takes 4,492 hours to run it.

It would be 187 days walking non-stop, or 561 days walking 8 hours a day.

The route passes through 17 countries, six time zones and all seasons of the year.

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“all walking is discovery, on foot we take the time to see things whole.”

*-hal borland

*Harold “Hal” Glen Borland was an American author, journalist and naturalist. In addition to writing many non-fiction and fiction books about the outdoors, he was a staff writer and editorialist for The New Yorker.

 

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credits: united humanists

Nov5

frog.

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surprising how frogs can be found most everywhere, each of them unique. 

 

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“you can’t tell by the look of a frog how far they’ll jump.”

-paul doiron

Sep30

we love nature.

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kinder frame the natural beauty found around them

“if you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.”

-laura ingalls wilder