by Andi | Sep 27, 2010 | Andi's Book, Teaching Triumphs and Travails, Written and Wrought
This morning, there was a beautiful rainstorm outside the open windows. I lay in bed and listened. I love the sound of water – waves, streams, rain. I even love the soft hush of snow as it falls. Water demands nothing of us. It simply moves as it is intended to... by Andi | Sep 20, 2010 | Andi's Book
I woke up the other morning thinking this phrase – “Too much. Too fast.” I’m not sure what I had been dreaming, but the intrinsic veracity of that statement hit me full-force as I lay in bed coming to the day. Too many great things. Too many... by Andi | Sep 16, 2010 | Andi's Book, Teaching Triumphs and Travails
Yarn over hook. Pull through the loop. Yarn over hook. Pull through both loops.” I can still hear my mother’s voice as she taught me how to crochet. “Keep the tension on the yarn consistent.” “That’s it.” I started by... by Andi | Sep 15, 2010 | Andi's Book, Book Recommendations
Yesterday, as I was sitting waiting for class to start, Stegner’s Angel of Repose in my hands, I came across this passage: ” . . . I would like to hear your life as you heard it, coming at you, instead of hearing it as I do, a sober sound of expectations... by Andi | Sep 13, 2010 | Andi's Book
I have come to the conclusion that there are just some things in this world that I will not understand and, most importantly, that I’m okay with that. Take for instance the fact that my car’s left front brakes are paper thin while my right front brakes...