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Onward 15 May 2015

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Sally Gerard

This day was born under such a beautiful rising of the sun. A burst of light from behind the clouds shone on the tractor by the barn and I felt the pull of the tractor, waiting with its one-way disc … Continue reading →

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13 May 2015

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Sally Gerard

Yesterday we wrote about what we’d do on our first day of summer, that being the first day we don’t have to wake up and go to school. You know most of the responses including sleeping in for much of … Continue reading →

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Wind and Snow 11 May 2015

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Sally Gerard

What an awesome weekend. The snow moved in after the rain of the last several days, early Sunday morning. We woke to ferocious wind and that wet, heavy snow of spring. It was just enough to make a mess and, … Continue reading →

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Call to Adventure 7 May 2015

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Sally Gerard

We continue on our own narrative quest/hero’s journey. My students have chosen various parts of their lives to write about: home burglaries, first day of school, first music tour, and some have simply sketched their life up to now. I … Continue reading →

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Life Map 5 May 2015

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Sally Gerard

Traveling on this hero’s journey personal quest with my students is an adventure in and of itself. We are still in the pre-writing stage and the beginnings of our life maps. Turns out, it is much more difficult than I … Continue reading →

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A Hero’s Journey 1 May 2015

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Sally Gerard

I’ve been studying the Hero’s Journey with my students in a variety of ways. We started with The Odyssey and then wrote our own fictional hero’s journey, and these were filled with all manner of: everyday gang thugs to kings … Continue reading →

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Gentle Beasts 29 April 2015

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Sally Gerard

Heading down to check the stock tanks this morning, I stopped for quite a while to watch a lone antelope buck. He stopped to watch me too. The new heifers were all down by the windmill, getting a drink, licking … Continue reading →

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Raindrops 27 April 2015

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Sally Gerard

Almost a year ago, we had a snow storm such that we had to take hay to the pasture to feed all the new heifers. This year’s batch is out on pasture now, but so far they are only dealing … Continue reading →

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Stuck 23 April 2015

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Sally Gerard

Stuck for words today, I offer some photos…

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Evening 21 April 2015

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Sally Gerard

Evening brings such peace after a busy, bustling day. Discovering the budding life of spring, I walked around in awe last night. Our calf has decided that alfalfa is pretty good stuff- she eats a bit and drops into a … Continue reading →

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