| Poetry is just the evidence of life. If you life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. |
~Leonard Cohen
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
331/365
The tangles of siblings and relationships and the trippings that are in there despite all of our hopes is not lost on me. I watch these two, who struggle often to see each other with clarity and generosity. But sometimes when it is just the pair of them, without the pull of others, they can enter a world of their own that is tender and shared and fun and imaginative. Today they both leapt up as I headed out the door to help a friend, eager to come along, grabbing books and pencils and odds and ends to play some sort of complicated scientist game i didn't quite follow. I think they may forget it someday, and I may forget it too. For today, it was a bridge.
328/365 He Made Me a Mom
We surprised him with a sports water bottle, a stack of new books, and the day "off" with me at the other school. He is so full of thoughts and ponderings, and is so ready to share them easily, with a curiosity and openness that almost seems to trip over itself in his eagerness. And that budding sense of humor that comes from a growing awareness of himself and the world, that is full of a twinkle in his eye and a sharp wit of his surroundings, I love that.
326/365 champs again
Mildew. That was the word he won on today. It was a sort of non-glorious finish when all the kids dropped like flies on a word that was foreign to them and off the official "study" list. Mostly I was just proud of both these boys and their growing work ethic and maturing attitudes regarding competition. It's all thanks to their dad, I think, who sets a pretty good tone around here about life and what is truly important.
Saturday, November 21, 2015
323/365 Race Day
So so proud of these boys, leaving their brave hearts all over the track as they ran hard and pushed it even harder in a fantastic finish. First and a hot-on-the-heels third.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
319/365 Tuesday Stories | Gingko Inspired
I haven't shared much from the art room this year, but today was fun. It's hard not to be inspired by our city tree, the lone color changer that spreads gold over the streets and parks for a few days before the branches grow bare too quickly. I look up at them all the time, to a backdrop of mostly gray skies. We've been doing a lot of color mixing lately, so today we focused on tint changes with blue and added a collage over top. I love anytime we can bring in natural elements to their work. It was beautiful and fun just watching them play.
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