Helen and Teacher
The Story of my Life
Monday, June 19, 2017
Antique Doll Collector Magazine: Sneak Peek of our July Issue!
Antique Doll Collector Magazine: Sneak Peek of our July Issue!: Remember to sign up on our website, Antique Doll Collector Magazine, for a free emailed Sneak Peek! of each upcoming issue. Did I mention i...
Antique Doll Collector Magazine: Sneak Peek of our July Issue!
Antique Doll Collector Magazine: Sneak Peek of our July Issue!: Remember to sign up on our website, Antique Doll Collector Magazine, for a free emailed Sneak Peek! of each upcoming issue. Did I mention i...
Saturday, June 17, 2017
Miss Charlotte Bronte meets Miss Barbara Pym: For Pym's Birthday, The Language of Flowers
Miss Charlotte Bronte meets Miss Barbara Pym: For Pym's Birthday, The Language of Flowers: While I'm not sure that my simple pots and fairy gardens would be up to the standards of Miss Clovis or Leonora Eyre, I offer some ph...
Monday, May 29, 2017
Have a Safe and Blessed Memorial Day, and We thank Those who Have Served
Decoration Day
I recited this poem at a Memorial Day school program in sixth grade, wearing a prairie dress my mother sewed for me. I don't remember the author, or one line of the poem, but here it is for all veterans, and for my grandfather's an everyone else in my family who served, and for my students in the military:
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| PD image of the Star Spangled Banner |
My Grandpa’s old and kind of lame,
He doses in his chair,
And when the family goes some place,
He stays and doesn’t care.
He’d rather stay at home,
He says,
Than dress to go uptown,
And when he knows there’s
Company come,
He’s always lying down.
But once a year there’s quite a change on
Decoration Day.
Then Grandpa wears his uniform and
Hurries me away,
[To see a big Parade] . . . .
The shiny cars with great folks in,
The flower girls in white,
The bands that play the national airs,
With all their wind and might,
And the boys that wear OD
Come through,
And straight and tall,
The wind a blowing
Through his hair,
My Grandpa Stands Through it
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
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