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This is worth looking at- “NASA’s Earth Observatory has tracked down images resembling all 26 letters of the English alphabet using only NASA satellite imagery and astronaut photography.”
Here is the link on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/_5QLUVIaHq/
Here is the link to the whole alphabet: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ABC/
Wonder at the marvels of the earth as we near the new year!
Merry Christmas!
Here is a link to my favorite Christmas movie- It’s a Wonderful Life…Enjoy!
https://archive.org/details/FilmeAFelicidadeNoSeCompra-ItsAWonderfulLife1946
Speaking with someone here in Lima, Peru I asked about the weather. You see, my experience of Lima has generally been in the winter months (June, July, August). During that time the sky is usually gray and the sun is rarely seen. Now it is spring and the sky is still mostly gray.
When I asked about the summer months and the presence or absence of the sun I was told, “No, el cielo panza de burro se cambia en el verano. En el verano hay sol y hace calor.” That means, ‘No, the sky that looks like the belly of a burro changes in the summer. In the summer there is sun and it is hot.”
I was so glad to hear that I will see more sun and I loved the description of the sky: panza de burro/ belly of a burro (also known as a donkey).
Please be aware of the Global Goals for Sustainable Development. You can find more information here: https://www.tes.com/worldslargestlesson/ and you can choose your language in the upper right hand corner. This is important!!
La lección más grande del mundo
WCCO TV published a report tonight about St. Paul Sidewalk Poetry. What fun! And even better, they showed my poem:
Let’s Talk
Said one young man to his young bride,
“I’m so sad my dad just died.”
“Let’s talk of it,” she softly cried.
“Um, I just did,” the man replied.
If you live in St. Paul, MN and would like to enter a poem in this year’s contest follow this link:
http://publicartstpaul.org/project/poetry/#about_the_project
A dry ink well leaves
Unfinished tales end-less
Interpretation
As I knelt to plant my vegetable garden
the sown seeds, unexpectedly, had been mixed
At some point
by no one in particular
A loose box, open envelopes, perhaps
The vegetables were few and far between
But the flowers
The flowers
They were beautiful mixed with greens
Unexpected
Beautiful
When I stood to paint this mural
To reflect the sea and the sunset
The waves and the gulls
A sudden elbow slip, a few misstrokes
new-strokes
And the sea became a flowing river
All re-framed
With tall buildings reflecting the sky
Beautiful
Unexpected yet
Beautiful
Sitting at the piano bench to write
The song of minor tones and sadness
Oops, a major third, hmmm, a new progression
With a walking bass line
And a piano solo
Jazzy
Classy
Unexpected and beautiful
Lettings loose the best of creation
Rolling with the punches
Not knowing the end result
Why did the character sneeze?
Why did the colors blend?
Why did the music roll?
Ahh, the way of creation
Beautiful and unexpected
And beautiful
Accepted and beautiful
For if the end were pre conceived
Would it be art?
Would it be creation?
Would it be life?
Unexpected beauty happens
Be amazed!
A colleague in my K- 5 school asked for a few ideas about making writer’s workshop fun and engaging. I love those questions because it allows me to be creative and gather ideas. Here are a few ideas to get started… (If you have more please add them!)
Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day I offer my mom’s Irish Soda Bread recipe… again. Enjoy!
Mmmmmm!
S. T. Fleming 