Fire Department Responds To Burning Mattress,
Unsafe Concerts, As UM Students Return
(Ann Arbor News headline – college move-in week)
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‘the unfortunate, yet truly exciting thing about your life,
is that there is no core curriculum.
the entire place is an elective.’
-jon stewart
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source credits: click detroit wdiv, mlive, ann arbor news
it’s that time of year again
move-in week
the uni students have newly arrived or returned
for a year of who knows what lies ahead
the stores, the streets, the students
are full of excitement, fear, questions, hopes
and a broom, a big mirror, and a case of ramen noodles or two.
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“i move in the university of the waves.”
-pablo neruda
after 3 days of conferences with parents
sharing stories of each child’s gifts
i’m all talked out
but really loved the conversations.
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“we are all gifted, that is our inheritance.”
-ethel waters
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photo credit: bbc earth
walked by this hanging on a campus student house and really loved it
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“in fact, the world needs more nerds.”
-ben bernanke
spring conferences begin today-
here’s to all the teachers and parents out there.
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credits: mark parisi, offthemark.com
living in a college town
the signs of summer’s close
are always clear
and
it’s good to see
the students are back in session
making their transition
with a
float down the river kind of day.
the kinders picked out a happy tune on our well-worn and much-loved piano.
it was a very cold day and we were kept inside. it sounded like kinder-ragtime.
“The fact that children can make beautiful music is less significant than the fact that music can make beautiful children.”
Cherly Lavender
it was a morning spent with the kindergarten on an ice skating adventure. filled with tip-toeing on skates, scooting on boots, giving rides on cones, running on ice, holding hands, tumbling, crashing, laughing, noses running.
and all this, as our little hockey playing and figure skating kinders skate on by.
when it’s time to warm up with hot cocoa and donuts, they find themselves on equal ground, and they are all exhausted and so happy. and then, even our hockey players cry when it is time for moms and dads to leave, and for us to return to the cozy comfort of the circle rug in our classroom once more. and some of us feel newly discovered muscles in their legs the next day, that are apparently never used in this way, and take it real slow when going down the stairs.
I would say my sense of adventure outweighs my grace – Kathy Ireland
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image credits: freshcardsgifts.co.uk, partylistyles.com
returning to school this week for a bit of professional development. gearing up for the return of my kinders in just a couple of weeks. had a case of ‘mistaken identity’ this morning that made it clear that i’m getting back into school mode.
reached into my purse, and this is what i expected to put on my lips:
instead, this is what i actually put on my lips:
good thing it is ‘disappearing purple’ color.
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I didn't have my glasses on.... 