Five Things on an Almost-Friday

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1.  Today, I'm driving up to Mt. Desert Island, Maine so I can catch the first ferry to Frenchboro on Friday morning.  Frenchboro is one of the three islands that inspired Touch Blue, so it will be a big deal to step off the ferry.

Here is what the island looks like.

And a  photo of the one-room schoolhouse I'll be visiting.  


2.  And here's a great photo of my "Other Hamster Half," Derek Anderson, doing a school visit in Minnesota.   What a nice person I get to work with, huh?  And I love how animated that little girl is in the photo. That's what makes it all worth it, right there.  

3.  Speaking of Minnesota, I'm working out a school visit there next spring!  I've never been to Minnesota, and not only does Derek Anderson live there, I had a pen-pal from Minnesota when I was young. So I have lots of good feelings for that state. 

4.  We have a very nice electrician working on our house right now.  Our house is nearly 100 years old, so the electrical system needs updating. 

But at my house:

A son with autism + a little yappy dog + a worker going in and out = aaaaaaaaaah!

   5.   I'm almost two-thirds through my Cybils reading now.  I had a funny moment last night when I picked up one of the books that had come in through inter-library loan.  The library worker asked me what the title was.

"I think it was 'Packing Heat?'" I said.

And she brought me:



Well, I got the "heat" part right. :-)  Packing Heat would be a very diffferent story. . . !