I've been blogging here at my juicy little universe for 7 YEARS this month. I thought of doing A Thing to celebrate back in September, but by the time October 15 rolled around these plans and even the momentous event itself escaped me. (We have officially reached the stage where the kids have more obligations and events than their moms.)
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| not quite my costume, but you get the idea |
I went looking for a poem to match my wonder every October at this color scheme and was dismayed by the length and complexity of every suggested poem I found at the Poetry Foundation (but it was very late). And then I remembered this:
"Autumn time:
days get cool, it's back to school.
It's Autumn time:
the world turns golden brown...
Mother Earth's about to change her gown.
She loves to change her season;
It's Mother Earth's routine.
Green to brown, brown to white
white back into green--
she changes clothes
and puts on something clean.
And she has reasons
for changing seasons--
You have to change to grow;
You have to change to grow."
- "Mother Earth's Routine," from the album Mother Earth
Tom Chapin and John Forster do it again and provide the perfectly detailed simplicity I'm looking for. Thanks, guys!
The roundup today is with Jone at Check It Out, we think! See you there.
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Happy Bloggiversary! If you have not read Esme Raji Codell’s The Diary of Fairy Godmother, get it to read and better yet, listen to the audio version. I loved it.
Thanks, Jone. I love the title! And I haven’t read it; now I want to check it out.
Happy bloggiversary! I loved Starcross by Philip Reeve. It was a *wonderful* fantasy. Of realistic YA fiction, I was recently wowed with Shooting the Moon.
Thanks, Becky. I love good fantasy, so that’s another book to add to my list. And I love realistic fiction that’s good, so it helps to hear Shooting the Moon wowed you. I’ll check it out, too!
Congratulations and Happy Anniversary!
Oh, I’m all about magic!
I’ll go ahead andsay (as I always do) my very favorite book of all time, “The 13 Clocks” by James Thurber. If you haven’t read it, READ IT TODAY! It is the best book evah!
Happy bloggiversary. Yay!!!!!!!!
Thanks, Karen.
Thanks, Laurel! I haven’t read The 13 Clocks, but from your enthusiasm, I can tell I’ll have to pick it up!
Happy Birthday! It’s been great visiting you this past year.
Have you ever read Mary Stewart’s books for kids? One of my favorites is Ludo and the Star Horse– here is my review http://charlotteslibrary.blogspot.com/2007/07/ludo-and-star-horse-by-mary-stewart.html
Thanks, Charlotte.
I have read some of Mary Stewart’s books, but years ago. I never read Ludo and the Star Horse–now I’ve got it on my to-read list. Thanks for the suggestion.
Happy happy! I just finished and LOVED “The Pull of the Ocean”, by Jean-Claude Mourlevat. While not magic per se, it is definately magical!