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Friday, May 28, 2010 6:52:30 PM
diane davis wrote a blog post titled recommendations?:
diane said, "I'm having my knee replaced this summer, which will require me to be sitting in one spot for physical therapy for about a month. After flipping through the TV today, I realized that I won't last very long trying to keep occupied with those..." more
Saturday, May 1, 2010 12:25:39 PM
diane davis wrote a blog post titled I'm on the Invite:
diane said, "Check out the far left egg. It's mine. I'm thrilled, and in very good company."
Monday, February 15, 2010 12:20:46 PM
diane davis wrote a blog post titled Eggs for Jo (is that a picture book title?):
diane said, "these are the eggs I painted for the Open Fields School Goose Egg Auction. It was fun painting them. I hope that someone likes them. I think there is a real talent to photographing things like this, and I don't have it. But at least you can get an..." more
Tuesday, December 29, 2009 9:17:17 AM
diane davis wrote a blog post titled Poetry Poetry:
diane said, "I'm very excited to be heading to a poetry retreat soon. It's my second year and I am thrilled to have found a master poetry class, one that doesn't spend all it's time on the basics. Not that I don't need to be reminded again and again about the..." more
Friday, December 18, 2009 11:02:41 AM
diane davis wrote a blog post titled Goose Eggs:
diane said, "Got my Goose Eggs to decorate for Jo Knowle's school auction. I'm so excited. Can't wait to start them. But where to begin. There are so many ideas. I haven't done any artwork for a while (or writing or anything this fall I'm afraid) so I'm very..." more
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 1:03:50 AM
diane davis wrote a blog post titled Jo's Challenge:
diane said, "Jo asks that we take 21 questions and write them into a poem. I thought I'd take a stab at this before I go to bed.Hers is great.10 Questions (I'm falling asleep and so can't do any more..)Who am I?Am I my job, my passions or my dreams?Am I three..." more
Sunday, November 29, 2009 11:12:02 PM
diane davis wrote a blog post titled The loss of my father-in-law:
diane said, "In an odd surreal way, it was like putting on a play with all of your best friends. For 4 days we worked on publicity, set design, scripting, stage managing, music and video to show the depth of our affection for the patriarch of our large extended..." more
Thursday, November 12, 2009 10:03:46 AM
diane davis wrote a blog post titled Sloooow writing time:
diane said, "Writing nearly nothing lately, but this summer I did some rewrites of a book I'd been working on for many years. A picture book, mind you, nothing long. I started it with a thousand words, then got it down to 750, and finally wrote it down to 450..." more
Saturday, September 26, 2009 6:04:13 PM
diane davis wrote a blog post titled Re: Cindy's Post:
diane said, "Cynthia Lord's post got me thinking about memories. My father-in-law is dying of cancer, and it hurts to see someone so loved in pain. But the one thing that seems to help me through it, is that we are all focused on memories. We've been working..." more
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 5:27:43 PM
diane davis wrote a blog post titled Sept. 22nd- where has the time gone?:
diane said, "I've been writing every night. But that writing is working on lesson plans and sub plans, curriculum night and assessment rubrics. NOT the writing I need to do on my own manuscripts. Each year it should get smoother, and in a way, it does. I don't..." more
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 8:24:33 PM
diane davis wrote a blog post titled A summer poetry challenge from the Miss Rumphius Effect:
diane said, "We are challenged this week to write a multi-chaptered poem about summer, based on Wallace Stevens' "Thirteen ways of looking at a Blackbird" http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15746A Teacher's Summer1.Hurray, What a dayto roll over and..." more
Monday, August 17, 2009 11:48:04 AM
diane davis wrote a blog post titled do you ever get overwhelmed by information?:
diane said, "As I'm trying to learn as much as possible about backwards planning and project learning, I find myself going from one link to another to another until I'm overwhelmed with information. The blogs are amazing, and though not exactly what I was..." more
Saturday, August 15, 2009 2:38:45 PM
diane davis wrote a blog post titled Project Learning:
diane said, "Our school system is trying to switch everyone over to project learning. And they are doing it well. Instead of demanding that everyone do this style, they are offering courses at absurdly low prices and encouraging related courses like..." more
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 3:33:39 PM
diane davis wrote a blog post titled Thank you....I Won!!:
diane said, "I am so excited to start using video in my classroom. With only two weeks left before school starts, I'm going to be practicing a lot. Thank you to all of you who voted. This is a new technology for me. I remember years ago working with a summer..." more
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 4:15:36 PM
diane davis wrote a blog post titled Another poetry challenge:
diane said, "What would I do without challenges. They inspire me when I don't have the energy to write on any of my long term projects. I guess I love to write fast, not work at it. oh dear....Thank you again to Miss Rumphisus Effect and her great challenges...." more
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 3:28:36 PM
diane davis wrote a blog post titled A summertime Miss Rumphius poetry challenge:
diane said, "The Miss Rumphius challenge is to write a dictionary poem similar to Lohren Green's work and his "Poetical Dictionary."(http://www.amazon.com/Poetical-Dictionary-Lohren-Green/dp/1891190172) The poems in this book are written in the form of a..." more
Thursday, July 30, 2009 9:46:40 PM
diane davis wrote a blog post titled I need your vote!:
diane said, "I'm trying to win a mini-grant for school. In order to win this grant for a flip video camera, I need to be in the top ten vote winners. Would you please vote for me? Voting ends August 10th. Go to this site to cast your vote. thanks in advance. ..." more
Monday, July 27, 2009 4:51:08 PM
diane davis wrote a blog post titled Jumping off Swings by Jo Knowles:
diane said, "I was lucky to get a copy of Jo's new book at the Simmon's Summer Institute this weekend. I was excited to find myself in a book that I just couldn't put down. In fact, I read half of it before going to bed last night, and had to pick it up first..." more
Monday, July 20, 2009 2:24:20 PM
diane davis wrote a blog post titled Animoto.com:
diane said, "This was fun to try. You can make free 30 second videos (as many as you like) and use them for promotion or pay $30 (for a year?) and make them as many seconds or minutes as you want. Very, very easy to use. I'm going to play with this for school..." more
Sunday, July 12, 2009 12:57:12 AM
diane davis wrote a blog post titled thoughtful questions this weekend:
diane said, "What would you do if you knew when you were going to die?Would it change your way of life?Have you made a "bucket list" of your own?"
Saturday, July 11, 2009 5:24:11 PM
diane davis wrote a blog post titled Picture Books:
diane said, "Sometimes they come all at once, in complete rhyme or rhythm.But other times you sit and fiddle with one line here or there, tiny things that change the personality of the mc orthe direction of the rest of the story. And then you erase it, going..." more
Friday, July 10, 2009 6:51:20 PM
diane davis wrote a blog post titled Robert Frost Farm:
diane said, "I went to the Robert Frost farm in Derry NH today. It's only about a half an hour or so from my house. You'd think I'd have been there before, but I guess we don't see the things that are closest to us. Robert Frost's poetry is something I came upon..." more
Monday, July 6, 2009 4:15:31 PM
diane davis wrote a blog post titled From Miss Rumphius Challenge:
diane said, "This was fun. Take the verbs from various recipes, and create your own recipe for a non-food topic.I like the idea of a recipe for a landscape, and I may do that with my art students this fall.Directions for Writing Recipe and How to Make…..." more
Saturday, July 4, 2009 12:24:24 AM
diane davis wrote a blog post titled Good Day Sunshine!:
diane said, "Quick, it's a sunny day. I'm out with the lawn trimmer faster than my cat, neva, is after a mouse. Skies are already starting to look gray, and I'm determined to get some of these knee high weeds out of my pergola before the next storm. But it's..." more
Thursday, August 19, 2010 8:34:25 AM
diane davis wrote a blog post titled Late night reading:
diane said, "Had a bout of insomnia last night, but no worries. Cynthia Lord's new book, Touch Blue came in the mail yesterday, and I had a wonderful time reading it through the wee hours of the night. It's a great book and I read it straight through. Loved..." more