The Spoken Word

Last night I was fortunate to hear Ted Kooser read his poetry in Concord. Hearing the poet read his or her work is like having them invite you inside their art. They swing the door open wide.

Ted Kooser was the first recipient of the Donald Hall and Jane Kenyon award. Donald Hall was in attendance as was Maxine Kumin.

Ted Kooser makes poetry look easy. He exhorted the audience to write about their relatives, to lift up the lives of those who have gone before. He also explained that he writes what he sees, vignettes that pass before him.

I think he and I share the same opinion about tattoos. He read a poem about a faded tattoo on an older man. It is called Tattoo and is found in Delights and Shadows.

First Day of Fifth Grade

Here are some pictures because not everyone can access my photos when I email them using iPhoto. Concord has embarked on an elementary school building project. Small schools are consolidating and new schools will be built. Sophia's school, Kimball, is now know as Kimball-Walker. K-2 students are in class at the Walker building. 3-5 students are now at Rumford School. This school is only a bit further away, but with snowy sidewalks in our future we were happy to receive a bussing notice from the district. Sophia now can walk through White Park to catch a bus to Rumford School. Above is a picture of line-up with her teacher, Mr. B. Sophia is very excited to have Mr. B.

Even though it is hot here, I walked home from Rumford and phoned a fire wood dealer and emailed the chimney guy. Winter is coming and I am not in my cozy Finnish apartment.

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I'm sitting at Panera having a bagel wondering what to type about I'm typing about just that. now I'm pondering why I didn't blog about veterans or Veteran's day.Once I'm done with this blog I'm going to type about the veterans and how yesterday I (along with the fourth grade of Kimball.)conducted the community meeting first we announced the pledge then explained and participated in a greeting next we bid those who have birthdays in October&November and sang happy b-day to you then we did Owl Moon after Owl Moon we sang the Grand Old Flag and finely we thanked every body for coming .WOW! I got off subject!

Extreme Sheepherding

My new book, a quarter of the first chapter

The title is going to be Socks Are Evil. This started out at ASP (after school program). I may not be a normal kid, but at least I'm not out of my mind. I was falling off the balance beam as usual getting wood chips in my underpants and shoes when I noticed Tate, one of my friends, never wears socks. I pointed this out to Tate and he said, "Of course I don't wear socks. They're a weapon of the government to control your mind." Well, I for one thought this was crazy talk, but I could not get it out of my mind. Later, after staring at my sock drawer, I called Tate to ask him what he meant. He said, "Some alien wants to control the galaxy starting with earth." "But why?", I asked. "My mom is trying to get me to wear socks." "Then they have her", said Tate. "And my mission is to find out why. Want to help?"Sure" I said, "How can I help?" "Sign up at NASA." Saturday I begged my Mom to bring me to NASA. Finally, we agreed just for a short while. Just enough to sign me up. On the way there I notice something. My mom had a new pair of socks with a strange design with an alien in the middle. In a bag she had a smaller pair for me. When we got there, I found the sign up sheet and quickly filled it out. When we got home I called my other friend, Morgan and told her about the sign up sheet at NASA.

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