Posted in Resources, celebrating the seasons, curriculum on Jan 21st, 2008 No Comments »
“Social Justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.”
- Pope John Paul II address to workers in San Paolo, Brazil 1980
A few links to share on this day:
* Ways to Celebrate MLK Day - Newsweek
* In His Own Words: Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes - Encarta
Josh and I will also […]
Posted in family life, fun stuff on Jan 11th, 2008 No Comments »
While perusing blogs this morning as I sat and talked with my 18 yod breakfasting before school, I came across this post about a Russian Winnie the Poo. I clicked on the You Tube segment and there we were, two grown women, laughing and giggling like a bunch of little girls, enjoying a favorite character in a […]
Posted in books on Jan 9th, 2008 No Comments »
One of the things Josh and I try and do each day is listen to The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor. I had to laugh this afternoon as I shared this sentence from the piece on Richard Halliburton, travel and adventure writer. “By the mid-1930s, his books were so popular that his publishers gave him a blank check […]
Posted in celebrating the seasons, fun stuff on Jan 8th, 2008 4 Comments »
Posted in celebrating the seasons, musings, family life on Jan 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
This poem, found on a favorite blog, spoke to me in so many different ways…
Just Delicate Needles
It’s so delicate, the light.
And there’s so little of it. The dark
is huge.
Just delicate needles, the light,
in an endless night.
And it has such a long way to go
through such desolate space.
So let’s be gentle with it.
Cherish it.
So it […]
Posted in celebrating the seasons, family life, fun stuff on Jan 2nd, 2008 1 Comment »
My wish for you this New Year… may it ……
Sparkle….
