This summer has been a little too hot for campfires- besides not sure anyone little needs that much sugar at night before bed. Especially at my art camp.we eat our sugar in the afternoon so we can pour nervous energy into our projects rather than into our bedtimesthese can be made in oven very … [Read more...]
words for Wednesday- mostly dead
"He's not dead, he is only mostly dead"from one of my favourite movies The Princess Bride and one of my favourite campers today at Art CampThe girls found a frog today and ran screaming to me"Nancy, Nancy this frog is dead.""Look at him he is so skinny, he must have starved to death."They begin … [Read more...]
just an item on the list
I love to play table games. They are games that require no props so you can play while eating dinner.We play them a lot at art camp. Really fun when you … [Read more...]
my engagement ring has sold
After splitting up with my former husband, I did not want to wear any of the jewelry he had given me.He was a big gift giver but I grew to dislike this as it had no substance attached towards the end of our marriage.I took to wearing costume jewelry after separating- a tendency I only noticed … [Read more...]
single mother hang ups
There are certain cliches of divorce from the 70's that freak me out to the extent that they have caused mini obsessions with me.There is the cliche of the divorced woman. Hot to trot. Desperate. Alcoholic.Unstable. Anyone growing up in the 70's has this visual when they hear 'divorcee'. I work … [Read more...]
the building of a painting
I love the moment when a child sees the finished product they are to do and says "I can't do that" and I have the opportunity to show them that they can.It can take a long timeNot every minute of it is fun.It starts with the horizon lineand the layering of colour between swimsand then so many dots … [Read more...]
the beauty of hard work
Yesterday by 12 noon all 10 campers and their families were gone.They had spent a few hours in the garden looking at all the beautiful artwork their children had created.They heard their stories. And watched their production. Many hugs and thank you s and then they were gone. And then suddenly … [Read more...]
recipes for people who hate Martha Stewart-chocolate sleeping bags
I love food.Apparently cooking is part of my job as a momI do like to make treats and yummy things for people I care about.I don't have a lot of time.I have no staff.Therefore Martha and I have nothing in common.I do all the cooking at art camp and shockingly some (maybe not the naked noodle bunch) … [Read more...]
Words for wednesday-overheard at ART CAMP-8 year old wisdom
I have just begun my second week of art camp with 10 new campers. The last group was teens and this is an adorable set of 8-10 year olds. I forgot how much smaller they are. And they eat about a quarter of what teenage girls do. Some of them hate everything but naked noodles.The other night we had, … [Read more...]
the price of invulnerability
Being vulnerable in our culture has become synonymous with weakness.Many times I hear friends say that things are going so well for them that they are just waiting for something to go wrong.We are losing our capacity for joy. When life is wonderful that moment is washed over with a fatalistic … [Read more...]
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