My son attended a model-building workshop for kids 8-12 years old. First they had kids brainstorm about what kinds of things are needed in a mixed-use urban site; then they had the kids ask the “community members” (parents willing to spend 3 precious weekend hours introducing their children to collective creativity and architectural planning processes) […]
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You Can Take Things Too Far
Posted in Children, Fear, Parenting, Political Correctness, School on January 24, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Interpreting Kidspeak
Posted in Children, Emotions/Inner World, Fantasies, Fear, Growing up, Music, School, Writing on November 13, 2012 | 3 Comments »
11 year old son: “What are you going to write about today?” Older than she likes to be mother: “I don’t know. What should I write about?” Son: “Oooh, cheesy gophers!” This is what I get for asking an 11 year old for this week’s writing spark.
Cave Dwelling
Posted in Emotions/Inner World, Fear, Isolation/Belonging, Natural World, Photos, Travel on July 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I went summer adventuring in the Lewis and Clark Caverns outside Three Forks, Montana. Went into the caves, down and down and down, through magnificent stalagmite and stalactite formations, past the colony of fluttering brown bats, as we clamored down, squatting at times, duck-walking, sliding down the slippery bits, careful not to hit our heads, […]
"My car’s in the shop."
Posted in Cars, Emotions/Inner World, Existential, Fear, Motherhood on December 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Not a particularly frightening or dramatic statement, but allow me to explain how it became so.
What if . . .
Posted in Emotions/Inner World, Existential, Fear, Personal Growth on December 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I was thinking about fear the other day. Not my own fears (at least not initially!), but those of another. She wants to know what she might do with her life if she weren’t so governed by fear. What would it look like? What would she do? Who would be in her life? As I […]