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By: Amy June Bates,
on 9/26/2011
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By: Beth Kephart ,
on 8/3/2010
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When I was two years old, my mother sewed me a Humpty Dumpty doll (red-striped pants, black slippers, a pleasing egg face) and sat him upon my birthday cake, among the candles. My mother's Humpty Dumpty remains with me today, atop a cabinet of curiosities, a little watermarked and a little saggy, loved by time. (The Humpty pictured here was photographed a few months ago at the Please Touch Museum.)
Lately I've been thinking about Humpty, particularly the Humpty we meet in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, who has special privileges, so it seems to him, to use words just precisely the way he wants to. Listen in:
What is wrong with this passage? I will ask myself. Revisit your verbs, is most often the answer.
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By: Michelle Lana,
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By: DIANE SMITH,
on 3/14/2009
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I always loved glass projects - there was a certain amount of mystery as to how it would actually look once completed. Unless you have a light table (which I don't), you really can't see the full effect until the pieces are soldered together and you can lift the panel off the board. Then, you catch a first glimpse of the colors illuminated.
By: Laura Zarrin,
on 2/29/2008
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By: Mark,
on 5/17/2007
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By: Amy June Bates,
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Lately I've been thinking about Humpty, particularly the Humpty we meet in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, who has special privileges, so it seems to him, to use words just precisely the way he wants to. Listen in:
“I don’t know what you mean by ‘glory,’ ” Alice said.Maybe Humpty is a word smudger, an imperial word smudger at that, but he's most assuredly onto something when he says that verbs, some verbs, have a temper. This fact I discover over and over each writing day, when an entire passage is destroyed by a flat or wrongly chosen verb.
Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. “Of course you don’t—till I tell you. I meant ‘there’s a nice knock-down argument for you!’ ”
“But ‘glory’ doesn’t mean ‘a nice knock-down argument’,” Alice objected.
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.”
“The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.”
“The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master—that’s all.”
Alice was too much puzzled to say anything, so after a minute Humpty Dumpty began again. “They’ve a temper, some of them—particularly verbs, they’re the proudest—adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs—however, I can manage the whole lot! Impenetrability! That’s what I say!”
What is wrong with this passage? I will ask myself. Revisit your verbs, is most often the answer.
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By: Michelle Lana,
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By: DIANE SMITH,
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Things are looking up - several work and teaching responsibilities have been set aside, projects around the house are near completion, and it's almost baby time. Could be any day I guess, but I'm hoping to get a little closer to the due date. I have my bags packed for the hospital, including my sketchbook and pencils.
In the meantime, I visited Kathleen Rietz's blog and saw a posting of a glass mosaic that she'd done. That reminded me that in the past I had enjoyed making stained glass panels. HEY! At last, something art-related for me to post about!
These are a few panels I did over 10 years ago, but I've never posted (not the best pictures - poor light - I'll try to remedy that soon). The kids designs (Humpty Dumpty and Counting Sheep) were in their bedroom windows until we moved here - now they're in my kitchen, helping to keep the neighbors from peering straight in.
I always loved glass projects - there was a certain amount of mystery as to how it would actually look once completed. Unless you have a light table (which I don't), you really can't see the full effect until the pieces are soldered together and you can lift the panel off the board. Then, you catch a first glimpse of the colors illuminated.I always enjoyed the different textures and patterns of glass that you can get, too. Hopefully someday I'll be able to dive into another glass project. However, right now is just tooooooooo busy!
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By: Laura Zarrin,
on 2/29/2008
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I just completed this yesterday (honestly, I'm still tweaking it) and it's perfect for Leap! My version of Humpty is as one of those building acrobats--what are they called? He's a daredevil. A very unfortunate hobby for an egg.
Here's a close up.
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By: Mark,
on 5/17/2007
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This episode of Just One More Book! is part of our showcase coverage of the International Reading Association’s 52nd annual conference.
Mark speaks with author and illustrator Elise Primavera about her magical and endearing book, Plantpet.
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so simple and yet i think egg head and humpty dumpty and and and and ...my mind is racing.
Minimalist, I guess :)
send me your humpty dumpty- I'll put it up.