The Giving Tree
This blue spruce, who used to stand tall and proud in my yard, have his life Friday night keeping a giant cottonwood from smashing into my house. Here he is, after we've cleaned up most of the cottonwood, nearly crushed and at a 45-degree angle from how he used to...
Fairy Circles?
Anybody ever heard of Fairy circles before? These mysterious circles of dark, thick grass grow, sometimes containing mushrooms/toadstools, and sometimes not. We've seen them countless times in the horse pasture, and were sort of baffled by this nearly perfectly round...
The other book
I couldn't remember is Black Box, a YA story from the perspective of a girl whose sister is hospitalized for depression. It's a very interesting look at the guilt, the need to "fix," and the way mental illness can shatter a family. The protaganist, ultimately learns...
Why do we love Lisbeth Salander so much?
The Girl Who Played with Fire:Just finished it tonight. Couldn't put it down.Why do we fall right into rooting for this quicky, absolutely non-conformist, outside-the law-of society's norms, big-hearted girl? 'Cause she's a grown up Pippi Longstocking, that's...
Great summer reads and summer lists…
What do I love about summer? Let me count the ways....a break from teaching, prepping, and grading traveling with students, seeing amazing European sites with wonderful studentssleeping closer to 8 hours a nightriding my bike many more miles than during schoolreading...
The view from where I sit…
My most frequent view from the car. Freya's nose. Speaking of Freya, she had her first foray into being a real therapy dog today. We visited a preschool/daycare with some other therapy dogs, and I must say, Freya loved it. When the little kids wanted to pet her, she...
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