By marybethrew, on November 24th, 2019%
~8-23 to 9-23~
Our end of summer family trip to New York!
The cousins absconded with Quinn and were barely heard from. It was neat how at their current ages (9, 11, 12) they do a lot more talking as they play, so there is less action and a lot of . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ holy coprolites, he’s in seventh grade!
By marybethrew, on August 26th, 2019%
~rainbow mondays~
a splash of color on monday
a photo study documenting the colors of the spectrum: the balance points between light . . . → Read More: ~rainbow mondays~ a heart in new york
By marybethrew, on August 8th, 2019%
camp boss verbosity warning: please excuse the verbosity of this end-of-schoolyear/start-of-summer month of lifelong learning and grab a cuppa!
pizza rolls and rubik’s cubes
quinn and i solved his christmas stocking rubik’s cube this month! He is pictured showing the initial progress just after the first step of solving one side (the green . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ connections, finding eggs in unusual places, and the oxford comma
By marybethrew, on December 10th, 2018%
~august 23 – setpember 23, 2018~
i picked quinn up from his dad’s, and received the tour of his self-built kayak, including the original concept drawing, the official plan drawings of the eleven, and the 11-foot-long boat itself! quinn explained the parts he did himself, including drawing . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ middle school debut
By marybethrew, on September 1st, 2018%
quinn and i went to the pool several times this month, and he made some progress on learning to swim. the pool was almost empty and we had an hour each time to work on swimming skills. he is motivated to practice and a huge milestone was putting his ears in the water . . . → Read More: ~two months in the life of a lifelong learner~ playing games, gaming plays
By marybethrew, on August 19th, 2018%
it hasn’t been the easiest summer for me. last thursday evening rich and i watched quinn in his theatre camp performance, and then we drove to the farm to fill boxes with hand-picked dusty tomatoes by twilight. we passed by the sunflowers waving in the coastal breeze we must have brought out of the west . . . → Read More: heliotrope
By marybethrew, on May 18th, 2018%
a long and winding hodge podge of learning and living that i have decided to stop editing and move on from… read at your own risk (warning! verbosity ahead!), and probably pour yourself a cup of tea first.
science fair! i had the privilege of being the . . . → Read More: ~two months in the life of a lifelong learner~ percolator
By marybethrew, on January 4th, 2018%
we got to keep grammy and grampy for the longest period surrounding the wedding, which enabled quinn to have some one-on-one time with them after the rest of the crowd had ebbed. grampy and quinn played several games, including risk, the game of paleontology, and parcheesi.
. . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ in the path of totality
By marybethrew, on October 22nd, 2016%
i’ve been feeling funky, i’m not gonna lie. maybe not coincidentally, i’ve been quiet around this here blog, so i think i’m going to make a point to get back to writing, in the name of self care. i think i’ll start with the story of our trip to new york, since i only really . . . → Read More: the big apple
By marybethrew, on September 19th, 2016%
red: so many apples…
red: hard to choose! this one is named chenango strawberry.
red: numbered apples awaiting grammy’s careful identification process.
red: view of the barn through the apple trees
red: all the colors were accented with goldenrod this trip.
red: red hot, that is. this amazing . . . → Read More: ~rainbow mondays~ goldenrod, periwinkle, red violet, the whole crayon box a.k.a. mama’s new york rainbow
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