February 19, 2005
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SATURDAY POEM
Kindergartner
Bless the child
who holds the covenant
of your lifelong dreams.
Such is your bargain.
Author – Me, 2005 (and in kindergarten)
Deep Thought: “Let’s be honest: isn’t a lot of what we call tap-dancing really just nerves?”
Today I am grateful for: Luden’s Honey Licorice Coughdrops
Guess the Movie: “So much has been said about the girls over the years. But we have never found an answer. It didn’t matter in the end how old they were, or that they were girls… but only that we had loved them… and that they hadn’t heard us calling. Still do not hear us calling them from out of those rooms… where they went to be alone for all time… and where we will never find the pieces to put them back together.” Answer: The Virgin Suicides, 1999.
Winner: merrow_mistral.
Groups Preparing New Push Against Iraq War
Invasion Anniversary Next Month Is Date Of Campaign Kickoff
by Evelyn Nieves
On Feb. 15, 2003, as millions of people worldwide took to the streets to protest the imminent U.S. invasion of Iraq, Marine Lance Cpl. Michael Hoffman was in Kuwait, awaiting deployment to Baghdad.
Two years later, Hoffman, 25, is a civilian on the lecture circuit, introducing himself as an Iraq Veteran Against the War. On March 19, when war opponents plan to converge near Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, N.C., to mark the date of the invasion, Hoffman, who co-founded the Iraq veterans group, will be one of the lead speakers. (Rest of article here.)
End of Day: 8:32 pm
+ = Get to have grandchildren overnight tonight.
- = Think there’s yet another leak behind my dishwasher where mice are probably chewing on the hoses.
Comments (15)
AMEN to your words of wisdom. You are beautiful but I already knew that!
Thought provoking poem. Is the picture you? Lovely. Thank you for your comments on my morning post. I appreciated it very much.
“Let’s be honest: isn’t a lot of what we call tap-dancing really just nerves?” Where have I seen that?
Lionne, that picture of you is precious. What a beautiful child you were!
poem to the point…nice picture…
the virgin suicides is the movie. I think you’re more adorable than shirley temple! Look at those curls and the flower in your hair!
or is it a ribbon?
Virgin Suicides is right! And it’s a ribbon.
Very cute and still cute.
what a phenomenal poem.
Wondeful poem and sweet picture. The world through child-like eyes–dreams were a reality then.
Thank you for your comment about Voice. I am not content to sit back and be mute about the atrocities in this country. I have a fire under my butt to seek truth.
ah, loved the poem. My last child enters Kindergarten this September, and I am feeling the covenant (and the passage of time, lol…) most keenly.
ryc: Latin, Russian, German, Spanish, Italian, Czech, all the Scandanavian languages, are either highly or completely phonetic. There are still people who just can’t do it, but the percentage of students who fail to read because of phonological issues is lower in those countries. Unfortunately, French and English are totally non-phonetic, and are far more often learned by “word shape recognition” than even most literacy experts are willing to publically admit. I wish we could “re-spell” English. Germany did this about 15 years ago. Teddy Roosevelt insisted that re-spelling English was essential if we were going to achieve anything close to universal literacy. He was probably right.
A great post and a beautiful picture. A picture of a dream come true.
You look like Shirley Temple!!
So adorable!
Oh I just realized merrow_mistral was thinking along the same lines