The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 18th- A few of my favorite things...

~The patience of teachers that expose young people with less life experience to plays with complex dynamics

~Revisiting these plays as an adult with my scholars

~How great literature can act as a mirror, reflecting different things for you to see, as life lived over the years has unlocked keys to understanding

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 May 15th- A few of my favorite things...

~The juxtaposition of a hardy tractor and a delicate nest

~A tractor that seems content to just reflect on spring

~And relax while the world carries on around him

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Nov 27th- A few of my favorite things...

~Two horse power being passed by significantly more horsepower on the old stage route,

~A small train seemingly drawn to the old yard on invisible tracks, and

~A Christmas Tree to reflect them all

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Jan 5th- A few of my favorite things...
~Shoes set out, a little bigger each year
~Shoes that reflect their owners
~Shoes patiently waiting for the camels to arrive

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Sept 9th- A few of my favorite things...
~Chasing Vermeer...
~And finding out more about him and ...
~Learning about how his works reflect life the Netherlands as he saw and loved it