Sharing some thoughts on a mid-summer morning. Wicked weather in the mid-west, repeats itself often with severe thunderstorms living up to the warnings that precede the wrath of their horizontal rains. Flash flood warnings at 2:20 a.m. waking you from a restless sleep. Books being read. Books being finished. Books being started. Just read. Beginning…
We got to the cabin just before noon on Friday. It is an easy three-hour trip from driveway to driveway. What a week it was! We have been so busy running around since school got out in early June that I thought all of us needed this long weekend at the cabin. To make it…
I have been thinking a lot lately how some families gravitate towards one another. Over the twenty some odd years’ we have been parents, I have noticed how both families and their children gravitate towards each other, especially when it is not forced. My husband and I have friends that are primarily couples, married about…
It’s summer and I am ready for some fun. May was an incredibly busy month, as it usually is. School got out the first weekend of June. Usually, the release of our students means the beginning of summer, complete with a relaxation of schedules, sleeping in, and lazy days. This year has been anything but…
Today, I have a need to just post some simple photos of the evolving aspects of nature in my yard. There are reasons for this simpler post. While glancing at my social media feed this morning, I saw several articles and posts that irritated me. I do not wish to be irritated, so I will…
Summer is close. We are more than a week into our last term of school here. In less than two months, school will be out for the summer. It always happens fast. Now, the two of my boys who are still at home have jobs and summer soccer traveling leagues that keep them busy. Those…
Our garden club theme this year is on Pollinators, of which we have covered Bats, Hummingbirds, and Bees. They are all fascinating, but as I prepared for the bee unit, I learned many things I didn’t know. There are solitary bees and social bees. The social bees are the ones everyone seems to talk about….
Lately, the actions of pedestrians scare me! This morning, for example, our area is covered with dense fog. My son, who is a junior, took off for the high school weight room at 6am, so the duty to deliver my freshman to school was left to me. At 7am, the fog was still very thick,…
Growing up, I was never a fan of birds. On a trip to the zoo when I was much younger than ten, I witnessed a girl with red hair be attacked by a bird in the aviary at the local Zoo. Needless to say, it left an impression on me. Then, there was the…
Tomorrow, my Writer’s Circle resumes. We had just started a poetry unit when I had to cancel our meeting last week. The students will be sharing two different Cinquain poems and an acrostic with our group. We will then go on to Haiku. When we talk about poetry, I make sure that the students understand…