Friday, August 22, 2008

Back to School.

Wahoo! Schools out for a week and I have SO MANY books to review! SO MANY! Because all this time when I haven't been blogging? Yeah... I've been READING.

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.

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.!
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4 comments:

  1. Karen Edmisten 8:59 AM

    I read this one to my kids every autumn. :-)

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  2. Karen Edmisten 9:03 AM

    We play FreeRice, too, but where'd you get the great button?

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  3. Jennie1:30 PM

    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!

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  4. Unknown5:42 PM

    Terrific poem. We also play Freerice in my 7th grade.

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