Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 28th, 2007 4 Comments »
This week began with teacher meetings, as usual. Tomorrow school starts. I’m already tired! We had our open house Monday night, and a lot of kids showed up with their parents, which is always wonderful. I love meeting the parents just as much as the kids. They are, after all, the ones who will support [...]
Posted in art, friends, writing on Aug 26th, 2007 5 Comments »
Today, I opened my Somerset Home magazine, and opened to the Welcome Home section, which quotes Oprah, “I think that when we invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself.”
This is a fitting quote on so many levels. I think of my girl friends who’ve had tumultous lives and they remember the houses [...]
Posted in genealogy on Aug 25th, 2007 1 Comment »
Tonight we celebrated my grandma’s 80th birthday. Above is a photo of her on her grandma’s porch near what was called Billy Goat Hill in the North End of St. Joe. When she was five, her family moved to Long Lane Missouri, which is actually as it sounds… a long lane out in the middle [...]
Posted in art, teaching on Aug 23rd, 2007 2 Comments »
Last night, I created a great journal for my protege. I’m a mentor for a first year teacher this year. She’s a science teacher, but since the first year is so very important, and I’m a writing teacher, I knew she must have a journal to reflect in. Plus, we can use it as a [...]
Posted in art on Aug 22nd, 2007 2 Comments »
After looking through Somerset Home, I remember I have an antique mirror that I can alter. The magazine shows how to alter a mirror and since mirrors are always something I’ve written about, this is what I’m going to do:
I’m taking one of my favorite poems by Christina Rossetti, “In An Artist’s Studio” and combining [...]
Posted in art, teaching, writing on Aug 22nd, 2007 1 Comment »
My classroom is finished. The books are all organized on book racks, placed carefully in a clear shoe caddy–which is perfect for books, by the way– and hung on the back of my closet door. I have over 200 books ranging from a few classics to the new award winners to the most popular book [...]
Posted in teaching, writing on Aug 20th, 2007 5 Comments »
I love my job. Despite the fact that daily something horrible is said about teachers–some do deserve the negative press–I love what I do, and I take it seriously. I’m a teacher. That role is so important. In my hands, I hold the fate of so many variables. I can entice kids to love [...]
Posted in art, friends, writing on Aug 19th, 2007 2 Comments »
No art this weekend, but I’m planning. Over the years, I’ve learned I’m a pre-writer, pre-painter, pre-scrapbooker, all in my head. As teacher of writing, I teach kids how to pre-write on paper, draft, revise, edit–all on paper, which is always difficult for me because I do it in my head. For years, I’d write [...]
Posted in friends on Aug 17th, 2007 7 Comments »
There are so many events that shape who we are. Taking my son to college this last week was one of them. It’s the hardest thing I’ve done. Leaving him at campus, walking into an empty house, where all his things once sat–or were thrown, tossed–were so hard. I can’t even explain. A friend said, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, art, photos on Aug 16th, 2007 1 Comment »
This is my submission for Funky Art Queen’s contest.
