kinder shadow dances.
—
“poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.”
-carl sandburg
May30
Tag Archives: play
May19
where hobbies, hijinks, and capers go bad = my childhood #4
one day
when i was little
sitting in my garage
with my sisters and friend
just watching the little spiders in the corner
as we hung out, talking and wondering
how we could make some money
we came up with a brilliant plan
and decided that it would be a great idea
to start a ‘spider farm’
where we would breed spiders in my garage
and sell them to all of the people in our neighborhood
overhead would be low
we just had to find two spiders
get them to meet each other
and have babies
we never really considered the logistics
or that we knew nothing about spiders
or that we weren’t really spider fans
or how we would get them to ‘fall in love’
or that there might not be any customers
or that our business would close before it opened
when my mom closed the garage door and made us play outside
and that is the main reason why i am not a spider farmer today
and a teacher instead.
—
“don’t worry, spiders, i keep house casually.”
-robert hass, field guide
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image credit: david kirk, ‘miss spider’s sunnypatch kids’
May10
soup!
bowls of raspberry and lemon soup for sale
giant wood utensils available by request
made with kinder’s care
price: free.
—
“only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”
-ludwig van beethoven
May4
more.
kinders discover and play.
—
you can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.
-plato
Apr24
scary.
maybe
it’s just a feeling
but i think
there may be
something scary
in the fort
under the couch.
—
“be yourself, whatever it is. even if it’s scary. “
-mariacarla boscono
Apr18
right moment.
“mix a little foolishness with your serious plans.
it is lovely to be silly at the right moment. “
-horace
Apr4
will you play?
grandies perform a grand ballet
—
children don’t say,
“i’ve had a hard day, can we talk?’
they say,
“will you play with me?”
-lawrence cohen
Mar4
skills.
grandie creates his quilt
stitching fabrics of his choosing
that he’s learned to sew upon
this machine that he is using.
his ukulele sits nearby
waiting for some play
as the sled stands outside
with hopes of snowy day.
—
“the class of your performance is built on the grade of your skills.”
― wesam fawzi
Jan10
making my mark.
first time playing in the snow with my kinders
after our return to the playground.
—
“i rolled up my sleeves and said, ‘i want to make a mark on this world.’
-bebe rexha
Nov13
a day in the life.
a day in the life of glenn frey the cat not the rockstar: a one-act play
as written by grandies j and b
in our early morning wakeup writers’ workshop
with a lot of naturalistic dialogue
a wonderful story arc
many plot twists and surprises
suspense until the final moment
a very dramatic ending
that is sure to leave an audience
on their feet and wanting more.
—
“get into a scene late, get out early.”
– david mamet – the paris review
