That Annoying Frog

My first day as a fourth and fifth grade Sunday School teacher left me conjecturing that I don’t really like children after all – well, at least not boy children – or at least not fourth and fifth grade boy children.  Since I work with children all day every day and generally enjoy my time, this realization came [...]

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Back To School

Today was my first day of school!  I am working part time for the Girl Scouts going into schools four days a week to do enrichment activities with the girls during their normal school day.  I haven’t been this excited about going back to school since I was very young.  Going to open houses and [...]

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Patterns

I am seven years old and it is warm with a slight breeze that rustles the grass, tickling my bare legs.  My friend Sarah, tall and lanky, twirls her short, sunny orange hair between her fingers and remarks that her mother is taking her shopping for school clothes that evening.  I consider this for a [...]

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The Craft is Back!

In my description of this blog I say that its mostly about making things.  Lately I have not been delivering on the posts about craft productivity.  That is largely because I have been creatively frustrated lately with most of my crafty undertakings being so unsuccessful that I began to wonder if I’m still crafty at [...]

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