Snippets of Gratitude
Posted in 9-5, winter, nature, travel, Education, Wisconsin, daily on Nov 10th, 2008
I spent the day driving around northern Wisconsin, visiting school districts for whom I’ll be writing grants this year. On a drive from Superior to Mellen, I saw three bald eagles. These enormous creatures just perch in the tree branches next to the highway, casually watching me drive by, oblivious to the involuntary patriotic fervor […]
Posted in daily on Nov 5th, 2008
I am putting this here because I know I’ll want to listen to it again and again. I am grateful to be alive today.
Posted in daily on Nov 5th, 2008
One day, we will sit down with our children and they’ll ask, “Where were you when Barack Obama was elected?” The first black man in the white house. The first African son to rule on American soil. Born a century ago, he would’ve counted as 3/5 a man. Today, he is the man leading American […]
Posted in daily on Nov 4th, 2008
I can hardly stand the excitement today! This morning, after my alarm radio went off, I was about to roll over and go back to sleep until I heard the WPR reporter say, “Its Election Day 2008″ and I bounded out of bed! I voted early yesterday and ran into a friend in line- another […]
Posted in daily on Oct 23rd, 2008
Nothing could have prepared me for how much I would love the entire cookie/postcard exchange. Finding postcards in my mailbox every day for a week was just the start of it. Dedicating two nearly full days to baking cookies, dizzy in the evening from indulging my sweet tooth all day. Packing the fragile fruits of […]
On a walk, I overheard a young girl (13ish) on the cellphone with her friend:
“Liz, its NOT cheating!”
“He was just trying to stop them from fighting; its not cheating.”
“Maybe if he tried to kiss them…”
“He did not kiss them. He only tried to lick their hands!”
“C’mon, Liz. Its not cheating. He likes you.”
I am so […]
