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Weekend Coffee Share

23 Monday Jan 2023

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If we were meeting for coffee, I’d bring some gingerbread cookies. I think they’re best in the cold of winter. They lift my mood on these gloomy days we’ve had. The magic of hygge.

I’d tell you that I had lunch with my aunt on MLK Day. We talked and talked and I was surprised that it was already 3pm when we finished. My uncle died in December so I want to see my aunt whenever I can.

I taught three days this week. Two were delightful. One was in a first grade and the other in fourth. Both times I substituting for aides who were there for individual students, though I helped out in general so that “my” student didn’t feel hovered over. The teachers in these classes were wonderful. Today I replaced an 8th grade teacher, which was less satisfying. The junior high is huge and half the students don’t want to learn. I don’t plan on taking another junior high assignment. Even when the teacher makes it “easy,” enough students are mouthy and troublesome to make the day sour.

On Wednesday I visited Special Gifts Theater’s rehearsal. I’m on my township’s Human Services Commission and have four agencies to visit to determine if we should give them grant money. Special Gifts Theater is an afternoon program for teens and adults with special needs. It’s a theater program that puts on musicals starring people with special needs. This year the adults will do Fiddler on the Roof and the younger performers will perform Seussical. It was wonderful to see the players and peer-mentors collaborate.

I finished reading Underground Railroad for my book club. I didn’t need to rush. I hate when I’m running late for our meeting. I’m disappointed that we’re doing it via Zoom instead of in person, but c’est la vie. I’m also reading a Nancy Drew book for old time’s sake.

I also finished The Red and the Black. The end of the book moves a lot faster than the first part and answered my question “Why did Stendhal include both the affairs with Madame de Rênal and Matilde, by the end I saw the necessity.

I’m continuing to love the BBC show Upstart Crow, a sitcom about William Shakespeare. A hero sure isn’t adored at home. The running theme is how his parents, wife, daughter and servants don’t think Will’s a big deal as a writer.

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Wordless Wednesday

07 Wednesday Dec 2022

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Santa

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Silent Sunday

20 Sunday Nov 2022

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Silent Sunday

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

12 Tuesday Apr 2022

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Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, cffc, Old World Wisconsin, Pabst Mansion, wood

Wood

Old World Wisconsin

Whether it’s rough and simple or cut, curved and polished, wood looks beautiful. No wonder Cee chose it for this week’s inspiration for her Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge.

Pabst Mansion, Milwaukee, WI
Old World Wisconsin
Pabst Mansion

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Flower of the Day

23 Wednesday Mar 2022

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Orchids

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Silent Sunday

13 Sunday Mar 2022

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Silent Sunday

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Wordless Wednesday

10 Thursday Mar 2022

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Flower of the Day: Orchid

07 Monday Mar 2022

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Chicago Botanic Garden – Orchids Untamed

My flower of the day inspired by Cee.

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Silent Sunday

05 Sunday Sep 2021

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Sepia Saturday

08 Saturday May 2021

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Some nostalgic images of motherhood.

No Fixed Plans

Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day

I usually follow the visual Sepia Saturday prompt but this weekend, I’ve decided to go with a Mother’s Day theme. Hats of to these wonderful women.

You can see more vintage images by clicking here.

Bedtime story, circa 1897

(ca. 1897)”And then the fairies went to bed”. , ca. 1897. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2002714686/.

Asbury, NJ

Underwood & Underwood. (1901) Little Mothers’ Day – doll parade at Asbury Park, N.J. New Jersey Asbury Park, 1901. [New York ; London ; Toronto-Canada ; Ottawa-Kansas: Underwood & Underwood, Publishers] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018649614/.

“Mother-in-law adjusting family difficulties”

I wish I knew what the family difficulties were and how the mother-in-law was adjusting them.

(1889) Mother-in-law adjusting family difficulties / Melander, photographer, 208 E. Ohio St., Chicago. , 1889. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2007682959/.

France, 1898

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