Day 7 of our 31 Letters Literacy Project is inspired by this little poem, by 20th century haiku poet Chiyojo, about a Dragonfly Catcher: Dragonfly catcher, How far have you gone today In your wanderings? Of course, Chiyojo is asking a child this delightful question… because a child’s life (and imagination) is filled with adventures and wanderings and make-believe.  This [...]

I don’t remember where I got the little dark blue felt skirt with the big white ice skate applique on the front of it. I only remember loving it. As I think about it, it was most likely a gift from one of my aunts back in Boston… one of my Mom’s three sisters who sent little gifts to us [...]

I did something yesterday that I haven’t done in YEARS… and it was oh, so wonderful! Ice skate. And what made it “exceptionally” and “extraordinarily” fun (words used by my beautiful little granddaughters to describe it) was that I ice skated with them… Taylor and Maddie. It started with an idea for a Christmas gift. Barry and I had been [...]