by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Jun 28, 2010 | Blog
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...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Jun 25, 2010 | Blog
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...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Jun 23, 2010 | Blog
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...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Jun 21, 2010 | Blog
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...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Jun 15, 2010 | Blog
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...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Jun 9, 2010 | Blog
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,...
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