I'm back from Los Angeles, and as happy as I am to see my house and my friends, and sleep in my bed, I desperately miss my family already.  I don't get homesick anymore - my home is this house in the forest - but I definitely get familysick.  Apparently Grayson went all over the house today, saying "teetah, teetah" looking for me.  ("Teetah" is ( Read more... )

Los Angeles tomorrow ( Read more... )

Today was amazing ( Read more... )

Somehow, without anyone really realizing it, the quarter has drawn to a close, and our last round of classes is eminent.  Tomorrow we present our Visionary Schools Projects, and Friday is our last day of Science Methods and Environmental Ed.  Then, we get two weeks of no classes (thank you, University of Washington schedule).  I'm teaching next ( Read more... )

A friend of mine is going through a huge life change, and although it has definitely solidified the importance of our friendship, it still weighs heavily on me.  I do not know what to say to him, or how best to support him, and my heart is so focused on his world I can feel it exhausting me ( Read more... )

Last night was mine and Devon's Oscar Party!  I spent two hours yesterday printing, cutting, pasting, and taping quotes onto the walls, for the quote game (Soren won with 45 out of 100).  I taped up celebrities from magazines, and Steve, Kati and I rearranged the living room.  As I hurriedly slathered pita pieces with a butter/lemon/garlic paste, ( Read more... )

Another week in Nature's Nunnery ( Read more... )

Today I went to a poetry workshop for teachers.  Basically the workshop consisted of one woman who showed us what she does with kids, and how we could make it work.  We tried out a lot of the ideas ourselves.  Basically, we worked with simile and imagery, and it was all very personal.  Lots of "I."  So here's a few I worked out, ones I particularly ( Read more... )

Well, the nose ring is healing as we speak - it would help if my sniffles would go away, though.  The constant pressure from nose-blowing isn't really helping.  All in all, though, the swelling was minimal, and it's only sore if I have a really sniffling patch of time.  I can't believe it's been less than a week - I have to wait six weeks before I ( Read more... )

Today was so tiring, and doesn't really deserve a post all of its own, except...


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