9/17 -9/20/10 happiness is . . .

9/17 … thinking about how great my kid Carter is
9/18 … working with a bunch of 1st and 2nd grade soccer players
9/19 … an afternoon at artsfest, Max’s excitement about painting and making a crazy hat, Carter’s interest in viewing an artist’s work, and an evening where Ann and I got to have a deep conversation with no little people interrupting and a nice evening out
9/20 …the smile on Max’s face when I woke him up this morning, the excitement on Carter’s face as he scored two goals in tonight’s soccer game.

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9/17/10 - happiness is...

carter’s smile

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quotes i like (bugs)

Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar. ~ Bradley Millar

Cockroaches really put my ‘all creatures great and small’ creed to the test ~ Astrid Alauda

If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive
~ American Quaker Saying

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9/4-9/16/10 happiness is....

9/4 cute things my 2 year old says
9/5 beautiful music
9/6 a holiday, the zoo, and a deep conversation with ann
9/7 teaching students something that makes them say “cool!”
9/8 see tons of new artists books and watching the amazement on the faces of students in response to them
9/9 a fun choir to make music with
9/10 a clear schedule on a friday
9/11 working together with ann on a shrine we’re building
9/12 laughter at church, the boys playing together in the yard while ann and i work together on our southwestern garden
9/13 picking up the boys from school
9/14 classes that went well and finding a creative technology solution
9/15 handling library materials that stretch back to the 11th century
9/16 spending the day with carter

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quotes i like ( )

“As in the concentration camp and the evening of 9/11, the artists are the ones who might be able to help us with our internal, invisible lives.” -Karl Paulnack, Director, Boston Conservatory

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quotes i like (Vanier)

“We are not called by God to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things with extraordinary love. ” – Jean Vanier

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9/3/10 happiness is....

well i opened 43things 2.5 hrs ago to write about an entry and am just now getting to it thanks to a handful of brush fires! uggh…i guess today happiness is having a job! :-) looking forward to everyone coming home from school/work this afternoon and just spending time together as a family and catching a breath! happiness today is also taking lunch to ann and getting to see her in the middle of the day!

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pet peeve #18- people who don't care about technology

i know i should probably learn something from such folks, perhaps appreciate the simplicity, but it drives me crazy. not sure if it drives me more crazy people who just don’t get it and are afraid of it or people who just don’t see the point or care about it!

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8/30-9/2 happiness is

8/30 morning light coming in the window, picking up the boys after school

8/31 compliments on a big project, a well-received library instruction session, recovering from a scheduling screw up!

9/1 holding rare library materials (1706 handwritten journal from the court of Louis XIV and medieval music manuscripts dating back as early as the 11th century, and the return of choir from its summer break

9/2 a rare instance of listening to music in the morning and less chaotic day than earlier in the week, and a last minute save for an event this afternoon

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