Eclectically Yours,

Socialization...Again

It always comes back to socialization. When all the questions about homeschooling have been answered and taken care of the socialization question looms. And others deal with that question so much better than I.

Here is a great article by Jennifer Klever dealing with socialization and homeschoolers......again.

Say Something! (a poem by Ms. D)

Say Something! (Jenabell)

Hey! There's that new boy in school.
Should I say something?
Should I walk by?
Or should I sit here and drool?

Man, he is cute! I just can't bare it!
I would normally say something,
But I talk like a parrot.

I have a crush
(as you can see)
And I"m...oh my gosh!
He just looked at me!

Beads of sweat roll down my face.
I gotta get out of this place!
I run to the door,
But begging for more
I want to stay....

Say something!
I can't.
How could I?
I can't just say "Hi!"
as if it were nothing.

Is my hair up right?
Am I my normal height?
My gosh!
He's coming this way!
What a long day!

I feel almost two inches tall!
OH how I yearn!
Wait, he's taking a turn.
He wasn't looking at me at all.

Q and A with the Author:

Q: Who his Jenabelle?

A: There are three sisters named Jaclinn, Sky, and Jenabell and they all write poems about each other.

Q: So you speak through these sisters' voices?

A: Yes.

Q: I really felt the panic Jenabell was going through. How did you come to write this?

A: I have had many crushes on boys. One night I was thinking about them and now nervous I was around them. And this poem came to mind. I used Jenabel to tell the story, that is sort of mine.

Q: You don't go to school, but you talk about school.

A: In my mind these people go to school. It's more interesting in my mind. It gives me ideas.

Q: I'm failing you and you really want to be in public school, don't you?!

A: No. Really. You are the most wonderful homeschooling mother ever in the whole world.

Q: Tell me about the ending.

A: She thinks she is being watched by this guy and he's watching her and she's so worried how she looks and she feels stupid, but he wasn't looking or walking towards her at all.

Q: Is she relieved or disappointed?

A: Both.

Q: You're not going to start actually dating until you are 37, right?

A: Are we done?

A Series of Silhouettes by Ms. D

1

She walks with roses in her hair.
In the world, without a care.
She walks with roses in her hair.
In the world, with something to share.

 2

She knows things you 'd never know,
 Eyes as black as a crow.
She knows things you'd never guess,
She loves you more and never less.

3

Take to flight the lovely sight of her,
Let it in.
Take to flight the sight of her,
Yes, her the wonderful sin.

Q & A with the Author:

Q: Where did you draw your inspiration for these silhouettes?

A: There is a book I have been reading where the beginning of each chapter has a poem.

Q: Can you share the name of the book you've been reading?

A: The book is called Princess Academy by Shannon Hale

Q: The first silhouette sounds like someone I'd like to know...what does she have to share?

A: She doesn't really have anything to share, I like to leave the reader hanging. I will leave that to the readers imagination.

Q: The last line of the third silhouette. "Wonderful sin". I kind of like the ring of that, what were you thinking?

A: Basically, it just rhymed but I thought it was neat that she looks wonderful but was a sin to people she knows.

Q: You seem to like words and poetry.

A: I write when I feel like it and want to really get into something a bit deeper.

Q: What excites you about poetry?

A: The wording and just having fun.

Family and Friends Weekend

A weekend visiting family and attending a wedding out of state.

This is David and his sisters family. Two of four kids present. Brett is from NYC. Check out his website!

Sometimes you just can't get that first photo to turn out...someone always goofs it up, trying to give bunny ears.

...and after the fifth try, it goes right.

And the wedding. My girlfriend- since- birth's second wedding. It was beautiful. She was beautiful. Tears were shed.

These are her sisters minus one. They introduced me to David way back in the olden days.

Our family...

Ms. D with the brides daughter....her good friend...whom she will miss terribly. Yes, Ms. D is a tall drink of water. My Amazon Girl.

 

It was a good weekend....