Inspired by…

Ken Allan at Middle Earth has set the theme for this month’s Green Pen Society blogging.  He asked for reflections on, “What gets you flying”?   I am not a natural writer.  I have experienced failure in writing on numerous occasions.  I brought poems in grade ten to my English teacher.  He gave a muted, less [...]

Making Avatars

After reading Joyce’s post on avatars, I went to play at the make a Lego avatar site.

Linking Past and Future

I am interested in the way we are tied to the land in which we live.  Connection to the land is a precarious part of my cultural history.  I am a bi-ethnic mix of English and Mennonite. Mennonites have a history of refugee status.  Originally from the lowlands of Netherlands and Northern Germany, once [...]

GPS: Quote and Reflect

I really want to do this. I have a wish to be more creative, more interesting. Somewhere inside me I hope there is a writer an inner Robertson Davies or Madeline L’Engle. I know writing takes practice and I believe I can improve so when Paul at QuoteReflections started to invite people [...]

Working on a Library Report

I read Joyce’s library report and thought, “Now that’s intimidating!”  Although I know she’s been doing this awhile now and wouldn’t mean to frighten anyone.  After the intimidation, I thought, “I need one of those”.  So I wrote my own library report.
Brevoort Park School Library Report 2008-2009
Highlights
Willow Launch 2008
January Book Clubs 2009
Freedom to Read [...]

Nearest book meme

Stephen Abram’s nearest book meme came at just the perfect time. I have two books I’ve been meaning to blog about and now I can do it and meme at the same time. What efficiency!  Thanks to Doug for the invite.
“He watched Best Mate racing away down the hill and then disappearing into [...]

Lara Elizabeth Ens

Lara died very suddenly on Saturday, May 10, 2008. Lara grew up in Saskatoon. She had a very happy childhood and was involved in many activities, particularly music. She sang in the church and school choirs, played violin and played french horn. She enjoyed the opportunity to play in the [...]

Planning, Plotting, Thinking

My division has this very cool professional development going on in which we choose a topic within a set agenda to research ourselves based on our own burning question.  I think my question began as “Who are boys in the 21st Century and how do we meet their needs as literacy learners?”  Grand intentions.
I’ve done [...]

Passion Quilt

In clown mode…
Originally uploaded by carf
Scott McLeod passed along this meme and I thought I’d participate. It was started out at Around the Corner.
I chose this photo from Creative Commons in Flickr. I believe learning should be fun, create the opportunity to wonder and allow for self expression. I thought [...]

100 Miles

Since I finished my Master’s work, I have had the chance to read for fun!  What a novelty!  I love a good read and it seems that I’m not that discerning as to quality.  I like a page turner such as One for the Money and a Giller winner such as Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures.  [...]