Attending a workshop today: Reading Intervention for Students in Grades 4-9. And I’m early as usual so I have time to enjoy a warm drink & marvel at the holiday decorations.
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Shakira with her sons — love this photo. I can’t believe it will soon be December again. 
“‘Learn to predict a fire with unerring precision.
Then burn the house down to fulfill the prediction.’
These lines mocked the Communist claim to rule, which was based on the theory of history as formulated by Marx. According to the concept of dialectical materialism—“diamat,” as its adherents often abbreviated it—the triumph of the Soviet Union under the leadership of Joseph Stalin was not a contingent event but the necessary result of an age-old process of class conflict.”
Found this gem today as I was looking for info. connected to some M. M. Bakhtin/P.N. Medvedev literary scholarship.
Czeslaw Milosz’s Battle for Truth 
The New Yorker
Czeslaw Milosz’s Battle for Truth
Having experienced both Nazi and Communist rule, Poland’s great exile poet arrived at a unique blend of skepticism and sincerity.
Onto my next audible— my friend’s choice for book club this month. Hoping to meet at her favorite Korean restaurant when we are finished. 
Audible.com
Crying in H Mart
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that ...
“How forgetful life is, and death — how retentive.”
Anna Akhmatova 1963 
My daddy in Butzbach, Germany (1971). Celebrating the Veterans in my life today — not the wars & conflicts. Side-note: He renews my Museum Pass every year. I am grateful for him — he’s a wonderful father. 
Friday! Books, Scone & Coffee
Almost done with Margaret Cavendish’s *Sociable Letters* — the attitude in these letters often takes on a tone I’ve heard before— fascinating.
“Although many scholars and critics today would agree with Woolf's
view that Cavendish lacked discipline and many would add that she was driven to quirky writing by the patriarchal structures of the seventeenth century, in the last few years Cavendish has come to be appreciated as a writer of some merit.
Her play The Female Wits was successfully produced in London in 1995, and her work of utopian science fiction, The Blazing World, is currently receiving considerable attention. Her scientific thought provides puzzles for those who study early natural philosophy, and certain portions of her fiction, "The Contract" and "Assaulted and Pursued Chastity," from Natures Pictures are widely read.” 
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My student announced this afternoon that I was a cat today & showed me the cat sketch in her notebook (everyday it’s a surprise picture— ⭐️) & we discussed a Robert Frost’s #poem “The Last Word of a Bluebird” — 💙📖☀️🍂 
Poets.org
The Last Word of a Bluebird
As I went out a Crow
My lunchtime read #freedomofspeech 💔💔🙏 “…began to see something unprecedented: people were getting arrested for social-media posts and even likes” The Israeli Crackdown on Speech 
The New Yorker
Inside the Israeli Crackdown on Speech
Since the October 7th attack, Palestinians and peace activists in Israel have increasingly been targeted by employers, universities, government aut...
I smiled politely when I was with our IT during our last meeting. I raised my right hand when they asked if we knew how to use Google Drive & then our left hand if we understood Sharepoint. I helped my colleague rename her scanned document so she could save it… but this week, I’m putting in my first “Help Desk Ticket” for the school year. I’ve been good & minded my own business & I come to Nostr to feel humble when I feel smart. In the meantime for any homeschool parents.. great wording building app. 
App Store
WordBuilder Intervention App - App Store
Download WordBuilder Intervention by Napa County Office of Education on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more ga...