Time is here...the feel is in the air. A brand new school year is here! I am so excited about what the year will have in store for me and the students.

I am somewheat of a nerd when it comes to back to school. I love the paper, pencils, smell of the newly opened box of crayons, and getting to get a new lunch box. I never fail to get so excited in anticipation of the new year.

I will be posted some ideas for my classroom as well as some of the products my students and I create. Look out 2012-2013 here I come!

Daily Inspiration

I was looking at Poetry Daily and really liked 

this poem. It just made me want

 to be near the ocean.

Graceline

       after The Sea by Max Ernst
I still see the wake of our ship,
           or the route our ship took
                       combed evenly across the ocean.
It makes graceful lines
           that have a way of lasting:
                       so spontaneous and definite
I could start our journey all over again
           and live in the present.
                       In his painting of the sea,
that comb—a few teeth missing—
           scraped away the recent white
                       and oatmeal oils
to show at last the older blues and blacks:
           this makes a restless
                       pattern over the sea
the way a ship performs just this task, with fidelity,
           to scratch what is already there
                       with a little incident, remark, anecdote—
a grazed knee, a few shouts in a port,
           so for the passengers on deck,
                       the ocean becomes theirs,
dense and dependable, even homely.
           They leave what can never be left.
                       The ship creates the illusion of a path—
a past that issues from it and winds
           over the ocean and is unforgettable,
                       and the ocean is unforgettable.

JANE DURAN

One Little Word 2012

I am on a journey to explore my one little word for the upcoming year. In 2012, my focus is going to be on SIMPLIFY...
I want to simplify my life, my habits, my wants, my hangups, and my soul. This word just seemed to resonate with me at the beginning of this new year. I want to be able to simplify those things in my life that at the moment are chaotic.
I know that the simple things are what make me happiest. Not material things...not expensive things...just the basic simple in life is what does it for me.
Join me on my journey?