Tag Archives: listening

Nov19

santa for the goal!

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driving home

listening to

the detroit red wings hockey team

playing an international game in sweden

got distracted for a minute

 thinking about something 

soon realizing

i no longer heard the game

but was instead was now listening to 

christmas music

on a station

that jumps into the holiday music early each year

a station

i didn’t have programmed in

 didn’t flip to

an early christmas mystery/miracle/conspriacy perhaps?

did the wings somehow get beat out by santa?

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“radio is the playground of coincidence.”

-sarah vowell

 

Aug3

storytelling.

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not us, but actors with a similar communication style

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getting together with my friend yesterday to catch up,

with our usual mutual understanding:

“if i’m telling you a story be prepared to have 7 mini conversations and 19 other stories thrown into it.”

Mar31

sorry in advance.

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not me, she has better nails, though we do have a similar look and stance when excitedly interrupting. 

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“i don’t mean to interrupt people but i just randomly remember things and get really excited.”

-author unknown, but exactly what i would say

 

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does anyone else have this issue?

i promise not to interrupt your written answer. 

i’m working on it.

 

 

 

 

 

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image credit: google images

Nov19

nursery rhymes.

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“read to your children all of the time

novels and nursery rhymes

autobiographies, even the newspaper

it doesn’t matter; it’s quality time

because once upon a time

we grew up on stories in the voices in which they were told

we need words to hold us and the world to behold us

for us to truly know our souls.”

-taylor mali

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in honor of world nursery rhyme week

 

 

 

 

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image credit: 1930s vintage etsy art

Oct28

never too.

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reading, listening, drifting.

 

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“you’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.”

dr. seuss

 

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credit: original oil painting by ColorChic, etsy

Jun15

we.

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‘Friends Who Share Balloons’

 

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“peace is not merely the absence of warfare,

any more than true health is simply the absence of a disease.

nor is peace simply a quiet state of equilibrium –

impossible to achieve in an evolving system.

though refraining from harm is an essential first step,

lasting peace is created by actively redressing harm done.

peace is a creative process of joining i and thou into a co-creative we.

it requires authentic communication, empathic listening, and wildly creative solutions.”

-anodea judith

 

 

 

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image credit: willowdayflowerproject by gina – Leaves, Twigs, Iris, Geraniums, Lilacs, Delphiniums, Hydrangeas, Marigolds all got together and became “Friends who share balloons.”

 

May28

keep the heart touchable.

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doing virtual early childhood parent-teacher conferences online

did not feel natural

but i give parents so much credit

some went to elaborate lengths

to find a space and time

where their child wouldn’t find them

so we could openly talk

and share stories

about how their child

touched our hearts this year

we talked to parents

in a closet, in a basement, up in an attic room,

and those who sent their child off on an errand

some waited until their child was asleep at night

but one thing was the same

this was a wonderful group of supportive, think-on-their-feet parents

who kept our connection with their children going

even from a distance

as we all navigated our way through this uncharted territory

and we were so lucky to have them as our teaching and learning partners this year.

 

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“in a world where the great technologies enable us to record, replay, cut and paste, zoom in, and delete –

listening is the crucial commitment to keep the heart touchable.”

-mark nepo

 

 

 

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Jan29

listening.

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Dec5

hearing.

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I have a strong feeling

that olive has a strong feeling

about me leaving for a few days.

I hear you.

 

 

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“the most important thing in communication

is hearing what isn’t said.”

-peter trucker

May23

conversation.

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“one of my favorite things

is to have a three-hour conversation over coffee with someone. “

-andy grammer

 

 

 

 

 

 

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