Dispatch from the Revolution: Homeschooling Commences

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Today, Oliver and I have officially moved from de-schooling to homeschooling. On the schedule today is a bit of Dutch and Spanish history, vocabulary and writing exercises. We'll also be traveling to the valley to a music store where we'll hopefully rent a saxophone. Oliver has requested lessons for the sax for years, and I've always felt his schedule was too overwhelming to take on an instrument. I found a very inexpensive place for him to take lessons, so we're giving it a whirl.

Bring on the Charlie Parker!

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It was suggested to me this morning by the great poet Maya Angelou to be a rainbow in someone else's cloud. Miles Davis was playing while she told me not to complain and to make every effort to change things that I do not like. When I asked what happens if I cannot make a change, she suggested that I change the way you have been thinking. I generally don't like jazz -- kill me -- but Miles' played a perfect accompaniment to Maya's sonorous admonition. I wiggled my hips and even tapped my foot. Today, I'm changing the way I'm thinking, and this might be as simple as the bittersweet chocolate frosting that I'll put on the pale yellow cake, the nod of my head toward the next door neighbor's dog that continues to yip, the bean on the vine at the back of the garden, the dirty feet of the boy lying on my bed, the purple cloud of the jacaranda tree above and the carpet below, half sweet of rot and half of a new solution.








***inspired by literary jukebox