Storytime, week 9

This week our theme was hands and fingers. The book was Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb, which feels like it wants to be Dr. Seuss but just doesn't have the magic. The discussion activity was hand and finger games, such as patty-cake, or "Here is the church, here is the steeple..."

Dawn also had a really fun song involving hand motions to play air instruments, like a piano or a tuba. The words are mostly not in English. She learned the song phonetically as a child, at a Girl Scout camp, so her version may not be correct, but I understood enough that I think it was originally either Dutch or Plattdeutsch -- the words aren't really German, but are intelligible if you know German.

Then we finger-painted. :-)

Storytime, week 9

This week our theme was hands and fingers. The book was Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb, which feels like it wants to be Dr. Seuss but just doesn't have the magic. The discussion activity was hand and finger games, such as patty-cake, or "Here is the church, here is the steeple..."

Dawn also had a really fun song involving hand motions to play air instruments, like a piano or a tuba. The words are mostly not in English. She learned the song phonetically as a child, at a Girl Scout camp, so her version may not be correct, but I understood enough that I think it was originally either Dutch or Plattdeutsch -- the words aren't really German, but are intelligible if you know German.

Then we finger-painted. :-)

Quote of the Day

People are almost equally capable of both good and evil, but most of the time -- say, three times out of five -- people choose the good. The seesaw tilts just a few degrees toward the good in this tentative world, but those few degrees are the difference between peace and Armageddon. The job of the church is to put the few stubborn ounces of our weight on the side of good, and press down for all we're worth.
---Patrick O'Neill


I found that one in the current issue of UU World.

Quote of the Day

People are almost equally capable of both good and evil, but most of the time -- say, three times out of five -- people choose the good. The seesaw tilts just a few degrees toward the good in this tentative world, but those few degrees are the difference between peace and Armageddon. The job of the church is to put the few stubborn ounces of our weight on the side of good, and press down for all we're worth.
---Patrick O'Neill


I found that one in the current issue of UU World.

and now, for the hat trick...

I suck at NaNo. I can't seem to stick to one story to save my life.

My actual NaNo project is stuck around 2,500 words... but last night I was reading OotP (I am attempting to reread the final three HP books, partly just because, and partly to straighten out some plot points for "Strange Likenesses") and I was somehow inspired to open chapter 12 of "Secrets" and write 2,100 words in one go. So that chapter is now at 6,375 words, which is around 1/2 to 2/3 of the way finished. ("Secrets" chapters run about 8,500 to 12,000 words, depending on how much stuff I need to fit in, and how many plot curves the story throws me.)

Why can't I make that kind of progress on my NaNo?

And why couldn't I get unstuck on "Secrets" back in October?

...

I think it's just general perversity. It's so easy to write when I know I ought to be doing other things. And conversely, when I know I ought to be writing, housework and other stupid chores become very tempting.

Maybe I should declare this month's project to be one of my languishing-for-years original story ideas. That might unstick me on my current NaNo as well as "Secrets."

*ponders*

and now, for the hat trick...

I suck at NaNo. I can't seem to stick to one story to save my life.

My actual NaNo project is stuck around 2,500 words... but last night I was reading OotP (I am attempting to reread the final three HP books, partly just because, and partly to straighten out some plot points for "Strange Likenesses") and I was somehow inspired to open chapter 12 of "Secrets" and write 2,100 words in one go. So that chapter is now at 6,375 words, which is around 1/2 to 2/3 of the way finished. ("Secrets" chapters run about 8,500 to 12,000 words, depending on how much stuff I need to fit in, and how many plot curves the story throws me.)

Why can't I make that kind of progress on my NaNo?

And why couldn't I get unstuck on "Secrets" back in October?

...

I think it's just general perversity. It's so easy to write when I know I ought to be doing other things. And conversely, when I know I ought to be writing, housework and other stupid chores become very tempting.

Maybe I should declare this month's project to be one of my languishing-for-years original story ideas. That might unstick me on my current NaNo as well as "Secrets."

*ponders*