It’s not quite over but anyway…
Steve was able to take Monday through Thursday off, which was great. Esther got new rollerblades:
and we went places where Ben could take photos, photos and more photos… Continue reading »
Mar 292007
A couple of days ago I noticed those bush/vines with the bright yellow flowers are coming out (I looked them up so I could tell you the real name – they’re called ‘forsythia’).
To me those signal ‘Spring is beginning’. This is my favorite time of year, visually. I look forward to seeing blossom everywhere soon, followed by that intensely bright green color of the tree leaves when they are new. There are crocuses and snowdrops around and one or two daffodils are out. It’s a time of rapid change and growth, but not so rapid that there aren’t at least a few days to go appreciate each new thing. Continue reading »
Mar 282007
I remember a particular day a number of years ago when I was in the library looking for childrens’ books. My children were at the age where books needed to have lots of pictures and not too many words to be interesting.
As I looked through I realized “Hey, all I’m looking for is good stories. What is it with all these books that have ‘agendas’?” It seemed to me that the UK books did a little better at simply being ‘a great story’ than the US ones but that could have been because only the best British books made it across the Atlantic.
This is what I mean by ‘agendas’. There were lots of “I have a new baby brother” books. Agenda? To help a child adjust to having a new sibling. A great many of the books were like this – they had a message they were trying to get across, first and foremost. They weren’t imaginative or funny or any of the things I was hoping for. I was thankful and relieved whenever I ran across books like Kipper whose only agenda I could detect was to be silly. Continue reading »
Mar 252007
This week it’s Spring Break for Ben and Esther. Steve is hoping to take some time off work also.
I’m not sure exactly what we’re doing but I know that Esther’s agenda is to do some shopping and Ben’s is to take a lot of photos.
The weather is supposed to be warmer than average for this time of year, but with a chance of thunderstorms most days.
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