culture/structure |
We were recently given a metaphor that a healthy organism is like a tree - it needs culture (foliage & fruit) and structure (trunk and branches). I think our root system at Grace Place is healthy and...
Posted by Mama Bird on Sat, 03 May 2008 08:45:00 PST |
my brain finally made it home... |
My brain does seem to have a mind of it's own. But the sure sign that It has made its way home from Oregon is the on-again-off-again stress Headache which has been hanging around lately. Which is re...
Posted by Mama Bird on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:00:00 PST |
volleyball clinic |
This afternoon, I took Sarah to the second of five sunday-afternoon Volleyball Clinics for girls between 3rd-5th grade. The gym was packed wall to wall with girls of all shapes, sizes and abilities. ...
Posted by Mama Bird on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:13:00 PST |
troubadour |
the sun has dipped and vanishedthe calliope is spentwaves crash, obliviousnot caring where they went at the end of the pier, she standsmemories warp and weftweaving a spell of happinessnot knowing tha...
Posted by Mama Bird on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:57:00 PST |
flowering plums |
The tree outside my kitchen window has captured me. After a winter enshrouded by mist and chill, the rough skin on its limbs has slowly swelled with thousands of miniscule bulges like ripples on th...
Posted by Mama Bird on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:40:00 PST |
early onset of alzheimers (subtitled: ronald reagan gots nuthin' on me) |
(This will be a disappearing blog. Oh yes, it will be. Those of you who are insomniac myCrack addicts are very aware that I post middle-of-the-night confessional type blogs and then take them down 2...
Posted by Mama Bird on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:50:00 PST |
why i want to be a tree |
The other day, I was looking at some trees outside my classroom window. Looking at a tree -- really studying it -- always makes me feel peaceful and content. Trees are stable, quiet and still, yet ...
Posted by Mama Bird on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 08:29:00 PST |
Collage ~ what do you love about Church? |
Last night, my eight-year-old daughter was doing her homework and asked, "What does 'collage' mean?" I told her it's when many small pictures are put together to make one big art piece. Immediately,...
Posted by Mama Bird on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:39:00 PST |
batteries |
My electric toothbrush was really slowing down. I noticed it at the end of last week, but never took the few minutes needed to change the batteries. I grabbed it as I was packing in a rush for my wee...
Posted by Mama Bird on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 02:59:00 PST |
the littlest Little |
It's our first week back to school. I work in a class with kids ranging in age from three to six years old. We've developed a habit of calling the five-and-six-year-olds, "The Bigs" and the three-an...
Posted by Mama Bird on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:29:00 PST |
