Our old friends Dave and Janet and their twin girls stayed with us over Thanksgiving. Dave and Chris have been buddies since high school (and I’ve known them both that long too, which is sort of a scary thought.) Dave and Janet got married the month before we did, back when we were in our [...]
I’ve been collecting leaves, cones and seed pods. Every fall I’m struck once again by their abundance. Not only on hiking trails, but on city streets. Outside the library. At the playground. In parking lots. I pick them up and put them in my pockets. The squirrels and I are giddy. Like everyone else, I’m [...]
When H was six or seven (could it really have been nearly ten years ago?) he was obsessed with Pokemon. Obsessed. He studied the cards constantly, memorized them and then followed me around, asking questions like, “Did you know that Metapod has more hit points than Bulbasaur?” or “Did you know that Tentacruel’s ability is [...]
I have a problem. Whenever I take on something new, I want to be good at it right from the start. Can you relate? When I started writing, I wanted to be published right away. (Instead it took 17 years.) When I started knitting, I wanted to knit long, lacy sweater coats like this, [...]
1. tyrolean stockings: sweden in my blood, 2. one of the last, 3. room with a view, 4.thirteen, 5. explaining his art, 6. cooking chinese dinner
I don’t think this book can help me. I might be interested in a companion volume, however. Something along the lines of Surviving with Children Who Think For Themselves. Or, Raising Children Who Aren’t So Dang Sure of Themselves. Or, say, Raising Children Who Think for Themselves but Will Occasionally Toy With the Idea That Their [...]
“Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located within the same individual.” –Arthur Koestler Interesting, huh? What does it mean to you?