What makes a teacher great?
As I have a cousin who is a teacher, I can easily say that patience, compassion, and a sense of humor makes a teacher great.
Category: Writing
Of Carne and Crocheting
13,833 Days Alive
20 Rows to Go on Junior’s Blanket
2 Hour Nap Taken
1/2 an Asada Burrito Eaten
I took this Sunday as a mental health day. I napped, I ate, I might read a bit later, and I’ve been working on the last third of Junior’s Blanket.
Continue reading “Of Carne and Crocheting”Prompt Answer: Daily Habits
What are your daily habits?
In no particular order:
Fight with myself regarding getting out of bed on time.
Drink at least one bottle of water.
Have breakfast at work and work while eating.
Go home, play games or read or crochet while spending time with Mellon.
Chat with J and other friends online.
Prompt A seer: Most Delicious Thing
What’s the most delicious thing you’ve ever eaten?
The most delicious thing I have ever eaten was bulgogi beef fries topped with sriracha sauce and with a side of brown sugar milk tea with boba.
Close second: my own from scratch cinnamon rolls.
Prompt Answer: Outfit
If you were forced to wear one outfit over and over again, what would it be?
Were I to have to wear one outfit over and over again, it would be my softest leggings, jean shorts, and a black tunic top with my sea foam colored comfy bra and some soft but in good shape underroos.
Prompt Answer: Spirituality
How important is spirituality in your life?
In a word: very.
I consider myself a person of faith. I’m pagan or Wiccan or whatever, but my faith is one of the things that’s keeping me from utterly falling apart in the wake of my mother’s death.
Prompt Answer: Countries to Visit
What countries do you want to visit?
There are many places I want to visit. England, Ireland, Lithuania, Spain, Japan, maybe India?
Prompt Answer: Favorite Thing About Me
What’s your favorite thing about yourself?
I know there are people that will argue with me about this. How it’s a flaw, a negative quirk of being me. But my favorite thing about myself is my compassion. By extension, my capacity for forgiveness.
Continue reading “Prompt Answer: Favorite Thing About Me”Of Books and Borrowing
13,868 Days Alive
5 Days, 12 Hours Til the Roadtrip to J and Beau!
2 Books Borrowed from Mae
So, Mellon’s friend Bo has a wife, who I will call Mae. She’s a really crafty, kind woman who is a voracious reader.
Continue reading “Of Books and Borrowing”Prompt Answer: Favorite Season.
What is your favorite season of year? Why?
My favorite season is autumn. There’s just something about the eventual death of summer giving way to the crisp fall air and the changing colors now that I’m back up north.
Prompt Answer: Time Spent
Who do you spend the most time with?
If we’re talking time spent offline, it’s with Mellon. Otherwise, it’s with my bestie, J.
List three books that have had an impact on you. Why?
Three books that had an impact on me growing up were:
1. Grimm’s Fairy Tales: inspired my love of folklore
2. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: my first book I was taught to read
3. Clan of the Cave Bear: a book that could make reality a little less stressful when reading it.
Prompt Answer: Joy to My Life
Describe one simple thing you do that brings joy to your life.
Crocheting, snuggling my partner, and squishmallows.
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