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A Dogless Day
Do you know of the children’s book, The Five Dog Night? It is a short story of two old people who are neighbors. An old woman in the story worries about another character, an old man, during a harsh winter. She keeps checking on his welfare and is confused by his response. Each time she…
Silent Sunday: A Fall Phenology Lesson In Photos
The Sun ….What’s That?
Yesterday we were treated to something we haven’t seen in a while! The SUN! The last few weeks were drab and gray, accompanied my many droplets of rain. It really was very discouraging. I know from past experience that this type of damp, gray, cool, wet, and sunless weather is not good for my soul….
Garden Club Lessons: Making Seed Bombs
My second garden club group is coming to an end. I have mixed feelings about letting it go. Last week, I turned in my resignation to the principal at a local elementary school where I have served as a co-curricular advisor for their garden club. I started in the fall of 2017 and will end…
Finding a Place Between
Sometimes we do all we can to Find a Place Between….. Fluff and Nitty Gritty Boredom and Stress Productivity and Relaxation Stimulation and Rest Mindfulness and Mindlessness Inspiration and Frustration Focus and Distraction Insomnia and Sleep Knowing and Not Knowing Confidence and Questioning Organization and Chaos Purpose and Whimsy Walking on Eggshells and Sliding on…
The Worlds of Snow Days and Work Days
It is winter in Wisconsin! This means we are in a season of snow, cold temperatures, ice, dangerous roads, the possibility of school closings. Some of the smaller outlying districts have already used some snow days this year by being closed related to weather conditions. Our district, one of the larger districts in our area,…
Time Travel
This weekend I am taking a trip back in time. I accompanying my younger son back to Western New York to visit a prospective college, which just happens to be the university my husband and I attended in the 1980’s. The trip also involves travel back to a suburb were we used to live. We’ll…
Poetry Friday: Gray September Sleepiness
Curled up on the couch with a favorite book in hand, covered by a cozy, warm, soft blanket in the drabbest green you ever saw, sleepiness invades my morning. Outside it is gray, the maple leaves still green but now with a musty tone signalling the soon to be revealed colors from under the silvery…
Does the weather ever frighten you?
Climate change is upon us! Of that, I have no doubt. From the wildfires in California to Hurricane Lane barreling down on Hawaii to the recently flooded streets of Madison, Wisconsin and parched fields produced in a Texas drought, humans everywhere are feeling the change. Although my examples are confined to the U.S., areas all…