This is to you Mr Librarian with the dreamy blue eyes;
I know someone else with gorgeous eyes...What was his name?..
As soon as I see you behind the desk I lose all rational thought and go straight to your kiosk--even if I have to wait and there's another librarian open (the one that didn't even know your library had Gregorian Chants).
I ask if you have a certain movie even though I know how to work the Horizon Information Portal--Advanced Searches by Keyword if necessary. And if your library catalog doesn't have it, I even know that now I can request films through Interlibary Loan.
But I ask you anyway.
You don't even have to write the call number down. You are that good.
I follow you down the aisle of Drama and watch you find the case. As you hand it to me I hear you say,
"Good flick--have you seen it before?"
"Oh, no" I gush, "My husband has--My husband! I think I hear him calling me...My husband. On the phone, I mean...I better go. Thanks--"
My husband who doesn't have dreamy blue eyes.
He has dreamy brown eyes--how could I forget?
He is the man who lets me sleep in when he has to get up early, will go to 3 stores to find what I want, can make me laugh when I'd rather cry, and still tells me I'm beautiful on my worst days. Oh yes, and those dreamy brown-eyes.
How could I forget? Just kidding, honey- I never could, but I did forget something else I needed at the library...Don't worry, I'll just pick it up tomorrow.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Friday, June 22, 2012
Tomato Garden Notes
We hadn't been to the garden in weeks and discovered a jungle where only sprouts had been late one summer evening.
Children at twilight,
in the garden,
on safari,
lurking in the weeds.
Plants are up,
water's down,
a month ago,
just a seeds.
Tomato Treasure Hunt-
over a hundred
in our bucket.
Baby adds some stones.
Darkness settles,
those with decorum,
would be speaking
in hushed tones.
Tools are discovered,
in an unlocked shed,
guarded by a brown recluse.
Weapons
are handed out-
now they're on the loose!
Boys get shovels
and they dig,
a hole in middle of the path.
At a word ,
it's filled back up-
fearing someones'
wrath.
It's late
I'm tan-or is it dirt?
"You'll have to come back
to finish your work."
"It's time to put on make-up"
(a little boy's quote),
as mud goes up-
from toes to throat.
A train sped past,
8 minutes since
the shudder and the blast.
We know because
they filmed it,
filmed it to the last.
I hear tinkeling-
child-laughter-sounds,
like echoes, where I'm at.
Hide-and-seek is happening,
while
I am deep within
the plant.
I can't help it-
It gets blurry.
Is it now-
Or is it then?
am I ten or-
am I thirty?
It's all so slow-
then-sudd-en.
I hear childhood...
I smell green...
I taste red...
I feel I've been.
Children at twilight,
in the garden,
on safari,
lurking in the weeds.
Plants are up,
water's down,
a month ago,
just a seeds.
Tomato Treasure Hunt-
over a hundred
in our bucket.
Baby adds some stones.
Darkness settles,
those with decorum,
would be speaking
in hushed tones.
Tools are discovered,
in an unlocked shed,
guarded by a brown recluse.
Weapons
are handed out-
now they're on the loose!
Boys get shovels
and they dig,
a hole in middle of the path.
At a word ,
it's filled back up-
fearing someones'
wrath.
It's late
I'm tan-or is it dirt?
"You'll have to come back
to finish your work."
"It's time to put on make-up"
(a little boy's quote),
as mud goes up-
from toes to throat.
A train sped past,
8 minutes since
the shudder and the blast.
We know because
they filmed it,
filmed it to the last.
I hear tinkeling-
child-laughter-sounds,
like echoes, where I'm at.
Hide-and-seek is happening,
while
I am deep within
the plant.
I can't help it-
It gets blurry.
Is it now-
Or is it then?
am I ten or-
am I thirty?
It's all so slow-
then-sudd-en.
I hear childhood...
I smell green...
I taste red...
I feel I've been.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
BFSU Vol 1 Thread A Lesson Links
Vol 1
Thread A: Nature of Matter
A/B1 Organizing things into Categories
A-2 Solids, Liquids, and Gases They Might Be Giants song
A-3 Air is a Substance
A-4 Matter I: Its Particulate Nature
A-5 Distinguishing Materials
A-5A Magnets and Magnetic Fields utube bill nye 1/3 , 2/3, 3/3
A-6 Matter II: Air Pressure and the Earths's Atmosphere
A-7 Air: A Mixture of Gasses (Mixures & Chemical Reactions)
A-8 Matter II: Evaporation & Condensation
A-9 Matter IV: Dissolving, Solutions, and Crystallization
A-10 Rocks, Minerals, Crystals, Dirt, and Soil 3 min intro video
Thread A: Nature of Matter
A/B1 Organizing things into Categories
A-2 Solids, Liquids, and Gases They Might Be Giants song
A-3 Air is a Substance
A-4 Matter I: Its Particulate Nature
A-5 Distinguishing Materials
A-5A Magnets and Magnetic Fields utube bill nye 1/3 , 2/3, 3/3
A-6 Matter II: Air Pressure and the Earths's Atmosphere
A-7 Air: A Mixture of Gasses (Mixures & Chemical Reactions)
A-8 Matter II: Evaporation & Condensation
A-9 Matter IV: Dissolving, Solutions, and Crystallization
A-10 Rocks, Minerals, Crystals, Dirt, and Soil 3 min intro video
Friday, June 1, 2012
2012 Field Trips
Martin Luther King Walk; BYU
Princess and the Goblin; UVU play
Natural History Museum of Utah; SLC
The Hundred Dresses; BYU Children's play
How I Became a Pirate ;SCERA play
Tall Tales; SCERA play
Two Merchants of Venice; BYU Children's play
Christmas Concert in (only!)German; BYU & area German clubs
Utah Symphony Pictures at an Exhibition; Covey Center
Many BYU MoA workshops
Authors Panel Discussion; Provo Lib
Bean Museum ; BYU (incl. basement!)
Illustrators Panel Discussion; Provo Lib
Fancy Nancy play
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Handicraft Ideas
Just a List
wee wonderfuls look alike doll
triangle banner
pillow cases
napkins or placemats with button for silverware
bookcover with pocket for pens (journal)
felt pencil case...
how to patch a hole in the knee (cute)
aprons
wee wonderfuls paper doll pillow as gift
bag for sewing with applique
bundle of dolls
headband...
lds patterns
Primary Children's Hospital donations