The morning dawned icy, sunny and cold, with a fresh sprinkling of snow on the roof-ledge garden of the building across the alley. I leaned out my window and snapped this picture.
To all my family, friends and strangers who read This Here Blog Thingy™, Merry Tuesday! Smiles and best wishes to all, and I hope we all can give and receive all our gifts with sincerity and grace.
My student gave me a hamburger for Christmas. It was cold.
But I felt that it meant a lot, coming from a student (or perhaps a generous mom). I brought it home and reheated it. It wasn’t very delicious, but I appreciated the thought. It was my most significant Christmas present.
Grading journals, today, I ran across these two things. First, more love from Lucy:
Second, a philosophical sentiment at the end of a book-review by a 4th grader who goes by Harry.
“I think freedom is not always good.”
