I'm thinking of starting a new blog, maybe two. One devoted to poetry and lyrics-mine and others. The other devoted specifically to homeschooling. But our homeschooling is life learning and I might have trouble since life is learning and I already write about life. So I don't know. Maybe I should just concentrate on posting regularly with this blog before I take on another.
Went to the prehistoric museum in Hill City-we're regulars there. Many of the dino bones displayed and studied at the Museum come from the Morrison Formation-and the Morrison Formation is owned by a couple Josh knows. They invited us up to see and participate in the dig. So we did a couple weeks ago. Real Indiana Jones' we were-minus the ancient traps, the graves, and snakes, and trains, and bad guys. Just some dino bones-there were men(and women) with knives-but dull ones and they were used very slowly to remove dirt layer by layer in hopes of hearing the dull thud of the petrified bones.
Also went to Deerfield lake today. Been to lots of lakes lately. A few days ago we went to Roubaix Lake with our awesome friends Karen, Saylor, Stone, and Sage. As wild as they are you'd think it would be stressfull and tiring. But it's not at all! Its actually refreshing to play with such enthusiastic and adventurous people. And its warming to be around a mom who allows her kids to just be-to be happy-to be themselves-to be in the moment. Then a few days later we joined the Wild Tribe plus a few other way cool moms at Sheridan Lake-another great lake but a little busier. Saylor and Stone joined us in Deadwood for the night-it was a new experience for us-but a good one. Then Karen and Sage came for the Days of '76 parade and a little grill out in the back yard. We were all tired but Adeline had another sleepover with her good friend Madi. She and her mom are another couple of funsters.
And the next day the strangest thing happened-something unprecedented. Adeline took a nap! A nap of all naps-five full hours. She then decided that maybe naps aren't all that bad. She even went to to bed fairly early-midnight. She so needed the sleep though. After several days of little sleep, sunbruns, fighting colds, and excitement with friends she was needing a good rest.
I left my calendar at my grams a few weeks ago. It's driving me crazy-I have a back-up on the computer. But my notebook one is where I briefly record what we did that day. If I weren't a total idiot I would write it in a regular notebook until I'm reunited with my dear calendar.
In Deadwood this is the horses to harley week. The week between the cowboys and their horses and their rodeos and hats that melts into a week of bikers and their leather and their black and their roaring bikes.
I'm tired. I think tomorrow should be another lake day. Then a laundry day. Then a who knows day-cause Josh will be home. Then maybe a check out the rally early day. But its all tentative.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Divine Rhythm
Adeline decorated her drum with a naked Goddess and God. I'm continually amazed at her creativity and talent.
Potterwatch-no real spoilers
I wasn't planning to post about Potter-I like the books ALOT but I'm not obsessed and well..I kind of rebel against mainstream obsessions. But Iwas thinking about how I felt about the book, then my mom saw I was reading it and asked, and so I decided to express my thoughts thoroughly in a blog.
I started reading the series when I worked overnight at Walgreens. I was immediately impressed by the clever wit, the complex characters, and the wizarding world that was like but not quite like the "muggle" world. I like characters who evolve, people who aren't entirely evil nor entirely good, plots that thicken and weave and web, authors who know the value of foreshadowing, struggles both internal and external-JK is certainly a talented writer and I thank her for the delight I found in Harry Potter.
Now the awful truth. By the time I was three fouths though this 7th and final installment of Harry Potter I was disapointed. This book lacked somthing that the other books had. Where was the wit, the fun, the cleverness. This book spent too much time in the down. I do understand that they were in the middle of a war-a war that built in familar fashion as that of our real life WWII. I understand that in times of war spirits are down, deaths occur, hope is nearly vanquished. But this is a book. Not only is it a book its part of the beloved Harry Potter series. Beloved because of its cleverness, characters, and wit.
After I absorbed the final words I still felt a bit disappointed. I felt that too much time was spent on building to the climax and not enough time devoted to after the climax. But I'm one of those kinds of girls when it comes to stories-I like to know what happened after. I will say that finally toward the end some of the fun came back-but I think part of that is because the supporting characters were again part of the story. One of the best things about the Harry Potter series is the supporting characters-like in real life, sometimes life just isn't as deep, meaningful, and enjoyable unless their are others who share in it.
I was also left with an icky feeling after 3 deaths-the three that lie together in the Great Hall. I get death in stories. They are usually a catalyst to an action or a feeling in the characters left alive. I understood the deaths of Harry's parents, of Sirius Black, of Dumbledore and the death of the one buried at Shell Cottage. They propel the characters to the ultimate end. But there were three unnecessary, unreasonable, and uncharacteristic deaths that I can't get over-despite it being "just a book". Again I get war and its unnecessary deaths-but again this is the beloved Harry Potter series where life is supposed to be a little bit more fun-not quite real-I like darkness but not this dark-not this sensless.
I am glad to say the JK did an excellent job of foreshadowing with Snape. I am delighted with his character.
Finally this wan't a disappointment but I think I have a much better place for Harry as an adult. Although Voldemort wasn't the threat, there will always be Dark magic and Dark Wizards to experiment with it. So why not have Harry be the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts-what better choice.
With all that said...despite the dissapointments, this was a good read, not entirely, but still enjoyable.
I started reading the series when I worked overnight at Walgreens. I was immediately impressed by the clever wit, the complex characters, and the wizarding world that was like but not quite like the "muggle" world. I like characters who evolve, people who aren't entirely evil nor entirely good, plots that thicken and weave and web, authors who know the value of foreshadowing, struggles both internal and external-JK is certainly a talented writer and I thank her for the delight I found in Harry Potter.
Now the awful truth. By the time I was three fouths though this 7th and final installment of Harry Potter I was disapointed. This book lacked somthing that the other books had. Where was the wit, the fun, the cleverness. This book spent too much time in the down. I do understand that they were in the middle of a war-a war that built in familar fashion as that of our real life WWII. I understand that in times of war spirits are down, deaths occur, hope is nearly vanquished. But this is a book. Not only is it a book its part of the beloved Harry Potter series. Beloved because of its cleverness, characters, and wit.
After I absorbed the final words I still felt a bit disappointed. I felt that too much time was spent on building to the climax and not enough time devoted to after the climax. But I'm one of those kinds of girls when it comes to stories-I like to know what happened after. I will say that finally toward the end some of the fun came back-but I think part of that is because the supporting characters were again part of the story. One of the best things about the Harry Potter series is the supporting characters-like in real life, sometimes life just isn't as deep, meaningful, and enjoyable unless their are others who share in it.
I was also left with an icky feeling after 3 deaths-the three that lie together in the Great Hall. I get death in stories. They are usually a catalyst to an action or a feeling in the characters left alive. I understood the deaths of Harry's parents, of Sirius Black, of Dumbledore and the death of the one buried at Shell Cottage. They propel the characters to the ultimate end. But there were three unnecessary, unreasonable, and uncharacteristic deaths that I can't get over-despite it being "just a book". Again I get war and its unnecessary deaths-but again this is the beloved Harry Potter series where life is supposed to be a little bit more fun-not quite real-I like darkness but not this dark-not this sensless.
I am glad to say the JK did an excellent job of foreshadowing with Snape. I am delighted with his character.
Finally this wan't a disappointment but I think I have a much better place for Harry as an adult. Although Voldemort wasn't the threat, there will always be Dark magic and Dark Wizards to experiment with it. So why not have Harry be the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts-what better choice.
With all that said...despite the dissapointments, this was a good read, not entirely, but still enjoyable.
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