Monthly Archives: August 2010

How To Grow Lifelong Learners

Posted on August 21, 2010 by randomyriad

After reading a thoughtful and inspiring post about community building on my Reggio Emilia (an Italian model preschool program) email list. I began thinking about the community building projects that I have presided over through the years. They all had … Continue reading →

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What Light Was Doing In My Neighborhood Around Noon

Posted on August 18, 2010 by randomyriad

Today I went looking for light and found it making a spectrum of amazing colorsI found a swarm of bees as well. And, shadow was there too hanging about the edges and underneaths and laying around on the ground next … Continue reading →

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Random Thoughts from an Unemployed Mind

Posted on August 15, 2010 by randomyriad

Late in the spring, one of my students set up this scene depicting his interpretation of Lummi Island. I appreciated it because I used to live there.  As I was going through the photos on my camera I found this … Continue reading →

Posted in Art in Nature, capturing light, conversations, discovery and recovery, Family, mindworks, My Art, my life, paying attention, philosophy, poetry, spring, Teaching and Learning, Telling Stories, thinking in words, time travel, Word play | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Another One Done/ My Latest Former Journal

Posted on August 9, 2010 by randomyriad

Front I started this one in October of last year and finished it as we moved out of our house on the hill. I had to do some repair work, but left much of it funky because that’s the way … Continue reading →

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One More Sentence, Please, Dear Reader/Writer?

Posted on August 6, 2010 by randomyriad

The reader! You, dogged, uninsultable, print-oriented bastard, it’s you I’m addressing, who else, from inside this monstrous fiction. You’ve read me this far, then? Even this far? For what discereditable motive? How is it you don’t go to a movie, … Continue reading →

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