Molly got official word yesterday that she passed her black belt examination!
Congratulations, we are all so proud of you!
Capoeira can be described as a conversation or a dialogue between two people, asking questions and giving answers. Most of the time, like a good conversation, it flows back and forth in a complimentary way, but there is another important aspect known as malicia. Players often try to trick and outwit each other, [...]
The cold, windy weather finally cleared off today. My arms are still sore from an enjoyable morning spent climbing at the Nottingham Climbing Centre. Mostly though, I’ve been obsessively re-reading the Harry Potter series. I’m most of the way through the 4,224 pages that chronicle the adventures of the young wizard and [...]
River has been conducting some polls of friends and family recently and compiled the results today.
Chocolate, by the way, was a popular write-in candidate and thus added to the survey. She made the graphs at the National Center for Education Statistics’ Create-A-Graph website. If you’d like to be added to her email list [...]
Molly had her black belt grading today in Bristol. She’s been working hard preparing for today for quite a while. Apparently, it went alright, but she won’t know her results until later in the week.
I realized, though, that I’ve be remiss in reporting other TKD news. Molly competed in a tournament recently, [...]
Sage reported her first cello lesson was great! She was very excited to show us what she had learned. This is the first piece in her music book.
River started a drama course today. They are planning a production of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”. She’s also [...]
Many of the fields near our house are glowing with the brilliant flowers of the rapeseed plant. Their yellow blanket gives a cheery feel to the landscape
The kids are back at school beginning this week. They were talking about which class they like best the other day and ended up listing them all [...]
These fairies flew here from Massachusetts and River built this house for them.
I’ve spent much of the last weekend playing capoeira at the Cordao De Ouro batizado in Nottingham. It was a great experience; it was inspiring to watch the Mestres play and it was great to get a chance to play with so many new people.
The event started on Friday night, continued most of [...]
Some fairies have been sighted fluttering around the garden. This flower fairy seems to like the magnolia tree.
This snow fairy alighted on the garden wall. Luckily, River managed to snap a photograph before she took wing again.
These fairies remind me of the acorn people that Lee taught me to make years ago. They’re [...]
