pirates and forts

I felt really good today for the first time in a while. Even my writing seemed to come back to me. It was so beautiful out. Henry threw off his backpack when he got off of the bus and immediately started playing outside. The picture is of them defending their fort, pirate style. Nora was way into telling Henry how much she loves him today. Henry, in true boyish fashion, returned her hugs and love with a timely "get off of me you....parasite."

Nice day. I learned somethings today.

1. It helps me to write.
My writing prompt for my students today was to quickly list, in general terms, the five most important things in your life. They had 30 seconds to do this. Then, with the remaining 9 minutes and 30 seconds, to begin a short fictional piece about someone that didn't have one of those things in their life. I wrote along with them. My protagonist was void of "hope." But, only at night when he slept, and the story continued as that emptiness started to creep into his "awake" life. I actually really like the way it started.... maybe I will post it here tomorrow...

2. It is pointless to tell Nora to be nice to Chaucer... I don't think she even knows that continually pulling his ears to the ground isn't an act of kindness.

3. Do not try to make homemade fish sticks with creme as the base for breadcrumbs... not ok. Although the kids ate them all. (yuck)

4. I really like nice weather.

goodnight

db