Melissa Wiley's Blog, page 142
March 13, 2011
Hummingbird
……………."…I am scorched
…………….to realize once again
…………….how many small, available things
…………….are in this world
…………….that aren't
…………….pieces of gold
…………….or power—
…………….that nobody owns
…………….or could buy even
…………….for a hillside of money—
…………….that just float
…………….in the world…"
………—from the poem "Summer Story" by Mary Oliver,
………which is about a hummingbird and the human heart
March 12, 2011
Parent-Teacher Conference
Me: "Jane hasn't seen Wrath of Khan yet, has she? You need to do something about that."
Scott [horrified]: "You…you're right. I'll get right on it."
March 11, 2011
March 10, 2011
Me Want Her Come Back
When my blog-friend Hannah came to visit us last week—and a delightful visit it was—Rilla fell in love with her on sight. Actually, we all did; I've known Hannah online for years, and it was wonderful to get to sit down with her in person and talk books and kids and the virtues of dirty floors and all those things we've conversed about in the interwebz for so long.
(I say "blog-friend" only to convey that we met each other via our blogs, not in any way to convey a less real kind of friendship than the sort that blooms away from a screen. Some of my favorite people are people I got to know from their writing online.)
Hannah's visit passed way too quickly; there was far more to talk about than we could squeeze into a morning. We need an encore, this time with her kids too. I think my favorite moment was when Rilla produced a copy of a picture book she has been entirely enchanted with these past couple of weeks, Me Hungry by Jeremy Tankard, and roped nice Miss Hannah into reading it with her.
………….
It's about a cave-boy who tells his parents "Me hungry" but they tell him "Me busy" so he goes off by himself to hunt. He encounters a rabbit ("Me hide!"), a porcupine ("Me sharp!"), and a tiger ("Me mean!") before running into a woolly mammoth who surprises him by becoming his friend. The caveman speech is funny and charming, not at all arch, the art is tremendously fun, and the little twist at the end elicits a belly laugh from my four-year-old every single time—seriously, after dozens of readings, many of them on the same day. The look on the daddy caveman's face just cracks her up.
But why oh why oh why didn't I get a picture of Rilla and Hannah reading together? Me kicking myself!
Me Want Her to Come Back
When my blog-friend Hannah came to visit us last week—and a delightful visit it was—Rilla fell in love with her on sight. Actually, we all did; I've known Hannah online for years, and it was wonderful to get to sit down with her in person and talk books and kids and the virtues of dirty floors and all those things we've conversed about in the interwebz for so long.
(I say "blog-friend" only to convey that we met each other via our blogs, not in any way to convey a less real kind of friendship than the sort that blooms away from a screen. Some of my favorite people are people I got to know from their writing online.)
Hannah's visit passed way too quickly; there was far more to talk about than we could squeeze into a morning. We need an encore, this time with her kids too. I think my favorite moment was when Rilla produced a copy of a picture book she has been entirely enchanted with these past couple of weeks, Me Hungry by Jeremy Tankard, and roped nice Miss Hannah into reading it with her.
………….
It's about a cave-boy who tells his parents "Me hungry" but they tell him "Me busy" so he goes off by himself to hunt. He encounters a rabbit ("Me hide!"), a porcupine ("Me sharp!"), and a tiger ("Me mean!") before running into a woolly mammoth who surprises him by becoming his friend. The caveman speech is funny and charming, not at all arch, the art is tremendously fun, and the little twist at the end elicits a belly laugh from my four-year-old every single time—seriously, after dozens of readings, many of them on the same day. The look on the daddy caveman's face just cracks her up.
But why oh why oh why didn't I get a picture of Rilla and Hannah reading together? Me kicking myself!
March 9, 2011
March 8, 2011
Well, as long as he's wearing SHOES.
"Hi, Mom, I just came in to get the baby's shoes because there was a snake outside and we don't want him to step on it barefoot."
Too tired to think. Instead I shall link.
• Beyond Little House | Can't-Miss Laura-Related Radio Interviews
Sarah Uthoff's radio Laura Ingalls Wilder-themed interviews on Trundlebed Tales Radio.
• Kaboom! announces new Happiness is a Warm Blanket Peanuts graphic novel | The Beat
"ALL NEW adaptation of a new Peanuts animated movie, Happiness Is a Warm Blanket Charlie Brown, which Warners Home Video is releasing in March. The tie-in graphic novel adaptation is by original creator Charles M. Schulz and adapted by Craig Schulz and Stephan Pastis, with art by Bob Scott, Vicki Scott and Ron Zorman. As you can see from the attached preview, it's drawn in the official Peanuts style. Although the idea of anyone doing Peanuts but Sparky himself is strictly forbidden in the comics religion, if you're going to do something new, an adaptation of a movie based on the comic strip is not completely blasphemous."
"What can I do to help RIF given the budget cut signed into law by the President this week?" Carol Rasco offers some practical suggestions.
March 7, 2011
Sometimes I just steal stuff from Scott's Facebook page.
Well, technically I'm lifting this off my own FB page, because that's where he posted it. He knows I love Cyndi Lauper; he knew this would make me love her all the more. Even stuck in airports, girls just wanna have fun.
And this, oh, this! Best Lost flier ever, from The Daily What via our pal DT.
(Sidebar ad alert if you click through.)
Sometimes I just steal links from Scott's Facebook page.
Well, technically I'm lifting this off my own FB page, because that's where he posted it. He knows I love Cyndi Lauper; he knew this would make me love her all the more. Even stuck in airports, girls just wanna have fun.
And this, oh, this! Best Lost flier ever, from The Daily What via our pal DT.
(Sidebar ad alert if you click through.)
