Silence surrounds, envelopes, scolds and warns you. It can calm, comfort, and cajole, too. Silence can make you a liar or a friend. It can say I love you or, just as likely, not. It says I am listening and at the same time says, I don’t hear you, I don’t care. Silence says I…
What a difference one week makes! Today, we are finally getting some rain. It’s been a very dry spring so far in West Central Wisconsin. Fire risks are high so there’s been a ban on any burning. And, even with that ban, there have been several wild-fires within 100 miles of us, some right in…
Growth To pots of dirt, add Yellow elongated seeds Growing food for all. Carol Labuzzetta, draft, 2021 Phenologist A Leopold bench Watches spring colors come forth Beyond the coulee Carol Labuzzetta, draft, 2021 Spring Tree leaves budding now Colorful bursts of green life New food factories Carol Labuzzetta, draft, 2021 Birdsong Many sweet bird songs…
This is an odd title. What do I mean – forgetting what you did not know ? I’ve been working on a video presentation for first graders on phenology – or more specifically, the seasonal changes associated with spring. I very much enjoyed working on this project. However, at some point I felt I was…
Why do some people want others to fail? I sincerely do not understand this. Recently, I stared watching the PBS series Victoria on our Roku device. It is clear in the first episode that the young Queen’s mother wants her to fail at her duties to serve as Monarch. Her own mother! Really! This is…
During the late winter of 2019, my husband and I bought a parcel of land in the next town. It is a piece that has been in the same family since the early 1800’s. We were lucky to be able to purchase it, seeing something about the parcel from a friend before it was even…
The March Slice of Life Story Challenge has ended so I’m trying to get back into my own blogging routine which means Poetry on Friday and Silent Sunday, photo only posts on the day thought of as either beginning or ending our week. This schedule, along with a Keto Monday post on occasion and a…
It’s April! Happy National Poetry Month! I just read a post by fellow blogger Laura Purdie Salas on equation poems. It seems like a fun, easy introduction to poetry! I hope to try it with some students later this month! But, as per my usual routine, I like to write what I ask my students…