© listfave.com I will not complain, not one bit, about this stretch of persistent spring weather--65* to 75* every day for a week, altho...

Okay, I've had enough--for a while at least. I'm buckling back to pure words now,   pure words now. It was a blustery day her...

My post this week is at A Penny and Her Jots with Penny Parker Klostermann!  She's featuring my 2nd graders' coral reef poems W...

This week... I did not write a poem (my haiku hasn't healed) Instead I wrote a letter I marched onto the field I gath...

Ready. Steady. Go. [Warning:  Today it's all about me.  If you can't stand any more narcissism, skip this post, although I hope ...

In 2nd grade we have been working on a group of related projects with "a special place" at the center.  The class voted to stud...

farewell, tree farewell, lights farewell, candles farewell, bright windows of my darkened house. snow this morning would have been a ...

12.31 new year cheese fondue look how many different forks fit into the melting pot 12.30 deep fog all day can't see the...

Holiday travel this year--all the way to Seaford, England, courtesy of Grandma Treeze. I've just about managed to stick with the da...

Time this morning only to wish everyone a bright Solstice--which I described to 2nd graders as the winter holiday we can ALL acknowledg...

My effort to respond creatively to the news of the world continues;  you can read about how Mary Lee started it all here .  You're ...

12.7 a fine kettle of hawks we have here, rising on hot air hawks and also generals and majors drone on with military...