tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987049796144967029.post1512237258510623498..comments2024-01-26T04:33:21.900-05:00Comments on Erobintica: A compendium of stuff that has stopped me in my tracks latelyErobinticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03367086200542648795noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987049796144967029.post-71815171782189561852009-07-30T10:45:59.744-04:002009-07-30T10:45:59.744-04:00I wish I had such links to show for my lack of blo...I wish I had such links to show for my lack of blog posting! <br /><br />I'm posting more on your next post, but wanted to say thank you for some interesting sites to visit :)Scarlett Greysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14418133067380528898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987049796144967029.post-69262373114753886002009-07-28T20:24:56.872-04:002009-07-28T20:24:56.872-04:00Your links were wonderful to explore. Michael Ch...Your links were wonderful to explore. Michael Chabon's article was particularly interesting to me. For the last several weeks, I've been going to doctor's appointments and therapy at a hospital in my childhood neighborhood in the city. This week, my son has been driving me, and I've been talking non-stop about what I see and what I remember as he drives me past long-forgotten landmarks. I've been pointing out where I went to school (even though it's not a school anymore), and the streets that I lived on (even though the buildings and houses are long gone). As a young child, like Chabon, I was free to roam about with abandon, with other kids or by myself, always knowing my boundaries, which were huge portions of the City of Hartford. I don't ever remember feeling afraid of anyone who crossed my path. In the summer, we had to be home when the streetlights came on. That was the only rule.<br /><br />I'm happy to say, in my current suburban neighborhood, there are a parcel of middle-school boys who tear through the subdivision with abandon on their bikes, stopping to muck around in the muddy stream in the woods next to my house, then suddenly, burst into warrior cries as they take off again, en masse, cycling madly down the middle of the street to somewhere else--sometimes, toward the gaggle of middle-school girls who sometimes walk slowly down the same street.<br /><br />I can't hear the boys' shouts anymore because of this ear virus I have, but I see them, having the time of their lives, and they don't even realize it.<br /><br />And the poetry link! How exciting to be back in the classroom again! I've bookmarked it so when my hearing improves, I can go back to school for free. Thanks, Robin!<br /><br />--LindaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987049796144967029.post-418914552214964582009-07-28T20:16:11.814-04:002009-07-28T20:16:11.814-04:00Happy birthday to him! Hope you guys have a great ...Happy birthday to him! Hope you guys have a great day!Sophia Valentihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306765260993832277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987049796144967029.post-18547151299763377252009-07-28T20:08:25.252-04:002009-07-28T20:08:25.252-04:00Haha - a chocolate cake Sophia - tis my son's ...Haha - a chocolate cake Sophia - tis my son's 16th birthday tomorrow.<br /><br />Emerald - one would hope for teaching moments, but somehow I think that anyone that would complain about that sculpture has way too many issues to take advantage of said moment.Erobinticahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03367086200542648795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987049796144967029.post-87481527119128208532009-07-28T19:50:25.302-04:002009-07-28T19:50:25.302-04:00Thanks for the interesting links, Robin.
But you ...Thanks for the interesting links, Robin.<br /><br />But you skipped the best part! What kind of cake are you making?Sophia Valentihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306765260993832277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987049796144967029.post-20728305195622087912009-07-28T18:37:00.693-04:002009-07-28T18:37:00.693-04:00Wow, I found the nude sculpture article very inter...Wow, I found the nude sculpture article very interesting. One of the protesting parents said, <br /><br />"'There is no reason to bring it up with them,' said Finkelstein. 'I just want them moved.'"<br /><br />Maybe he will see the opportunity there to examine the attitude in him that drives that. I wonder, if he were to go back and read the statement, if that may move in him somewhere. It seems so indicative to me somehow.<br /><br />Speaking of, I found the comment by the shop owner where the sculpture is currently displayed beautiful:<br /><br />"'What you place your attention on is what is important,' said Rick Caster. 'If you celebrate the meaning behind this work of art and use it as a teachable moment, that is the lesson a child will take. . . .'"<br /><br />Thank you for sharing Robin!Emeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00819037087504004841noreply@blogger.com