Seasonal Sighting

The February chill has ushered in the use of the Fur Hat.  Today, a parade of rare and beautiful specimens in varying stages of bushy-ness came riding into our shop, mostly on the heads of elderly white-haired gentlemen.  They perched regally over spectacles and moved deliberately through the aisles.  The rarest sighting was actually not a hat, but a cap, completing the attire of a cute old man that just made me smile with his deep wrinkles and hunched posture.  I had to stop mid-sentence to observe him walk past, looking this way and that, wherever that cap wanted to go.

So just make sure that this February chill doesn't keep you indoors, missing the prime season for catching glimpses of the Fur Hat.  Go turn a few corners before this rare breed hides from March's rising temperatures and hibernates until the next arctic winter sets in.  Caution: if proximity to a Fur Hat makes you fearful, beware of coming into close contact with one in very cold weather, and especially beware of trying to put one on in sub-zero temperatures.  Chances are, you won't get him off! 

V-day

Today is a celebration of friendship.
I wish simply to say thanks
to you, my friend,
for all you are,
all the color
you bring
to my
life.

Recess

It tends to reoccur, that when my internal world is full, my blog is empty.  But then when I am extremely busy, I make time to blog.  I am currently, at this very moment in time, with a foot in both of those doorways: my head is full, and it is a teaching day.  It is lunch break right now though, and I want to have some sort of update on this forum.

I am teaching English, as I mentioned.  I have to find ways to motivate my students, especially since there have been quite a few who have skirted the last assignment I gave them: persuasive speeches.  They are not off the hook, no sir!  Their speeches have been postponed until after the ski holiday.  I have enjoyed teaching so far, and have taken on the challenge of feeding new information and concepts, tongue rolls and word pictures into my students' minds.  How long they stick in there though, is another matter.

This teaching job has thus far not been as full-time as I had expected.  This may change next week, but in the meantime, I am concocting other projects to occupy my time.  I also spent some time last week forming a list of goals for this year.  If I am going to accomplish even half the things on it, I will have to be diligent with my time.  But of course, there is plenty of room and plenty of hope for the unexpected events that comprise so much of life!  That's the way I like it!