And dealing with 2 ear infections. And pink eye. The pink eye's all gone now but the ear infections remain... blargh.
School starts for the kids at work on Monday. And even though I just finished class and am experiencing a wee bit of vacation, I still have that back to school excitement. I'm looking forward to fall and sweaters. I love school supply shopping, even though I don't have to do it right now, I still find myself wandering the aisles of staples and smelling the erasers. I love the smell of a freshly sharpened pencil. I love the feel of a clean notebook, the roll of a good pen. The earnest eagerness of reinventing yourself every fall...
So, even though it's still summer, school is starting, which means it will soon be fall, so here's a fall poem by Emily Dickinson, always a favorite:| THE MORNS are meeker than they were, | |
| The nuts are getting brown; | |
| The berry’s cheek is plumper, | |
| The rose is out of town. | |
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| The maple wears a gayer scarf, | 5 |
| The field a scarlet gown. | |
| Lest I should be old-fashioned, | |
| I ’ll put a trinket on. |
Round up is at Read. Imagine. Talk.!
4 comments:
I read this one to my kids every autumn. :-)
We play FreeRice, too, but where'd you get the great button?
I'm glad you like the poem! The Free Rice button is actually from their site--they have a few options. If you scroll down on any of their pages, across the bottom they have about us-faq-contact etc. One the options is banners, which is where they are.
Hope that helps!
Terrific poem. We also play Freerice in my 7th grade.
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