Posted in Environment, Family and friends on December 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Oh, the whirlwind of the holiday season! I’ve been trying to catch my breath and think about this holiday season in retrospect. Here are some of my thoughts:
The Good:
We gave many handmade gifts this year.
There were books, wooden toys, and more books, given and received.
We had snow!
We had a wonderful solstice with our [...]
Posted in Crafts, Family and friends, Knitting on December 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
You may have noticed a drop in my posting, you may not have. It’s been due to a combination of finishing up the semester and crafting my hands bloody (literally, needles are sharp!). My absolute favorite handmade holiday gifts this year have to be Hillary Lang’s (of Wee Wonderfuls, see Happiness in Blogland) [...]
Posted in Etsy on December 15, 2007 | 6 Comments »
I made my first sale at my Etsy shop today! I’m so filled with glee that I had to share the news on here. And now back to cookie making. . .
Posted in Environment, Rant on December 14, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Really, if I tell you ahead of time, I mean it. For something I can carry in my arms, out to my car with consumes enough nonrenewable, polluting resources on its own, I can use my arms which need the exercise. (Because I live in a country/culture that doesn’t include walking to places as one [...]
Posted in Knitting, My Bliss on December 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There is something about taking some pointy sticks, wrapping some beautiful fiber around them in a series of knots that is soothing, beautiful, and inspiring. I love to knit. Even when my hands are cramped and in pain from making all of those stitches over and over again, I keep on at it. [...]
Posted in Contemplation on December 9, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Thank you for the thoughtful comments left in relation to my question about responding to my students’ discontent. Our entire last class centered around reading the comments (all personal information was removed from them) and then having a discussion about them which morphed into many other discussions. Here are some highlights:
Posted in Contemplation on December 3, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Students in my classes will tell you that I like to assign them a variety of work during the semester. I’m not a “just give tests” kind of teacher. It’s part of my teaching philosophy. Recently my psych of gender students completed and assignment called, “Interview Across the Generations.” This entailed [...]
Posted in Garden, Signs of the Season on December 2, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Enough snow for tracks in the snow, for cars to be covered, for shoveling. Snow for making snow angels, snow necessitating new snow-pants because someone grew 3 inches in the last year. And snow enough to cover all the leaves that fell while we were gone for Thanksgiving and which will now probably [...]
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