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from Forever Inside Out

This Saturday we went to a fun brunch. Little Roy met some cool, new folks. Check them out here.

This was confiscated towards the end of ‘08. It was during homeroom. I heard something hit the wall and I knew it had hit up high. I didn’t see the person who threw it, but I could tell the general direction. I approached a table of boys and asked quickly, “Who just threw something at the wall.” Only two boys looked rather guiltily back at me. One spoke up, “I didn’t throw anything?” I replied, “It’s always better if you are honest right up front, that goes much farther with me.” He then took out this modified/pen/peashooter and said it was the boy’s sitting next to him, but he had used it. The boy who made it said he got the plans off the internet!

I texted this note to some friends,

Ossian wrote a great reply and then later I drew this picture.

I am going to try and document the items confiscated from middle school children. This entire bag, including rubber band, was taken a few years back in my classroom. The boy exclaimed, “Oh, but it took a long time to fold all those pieces of paper.” Granted, I didn’t feel any sympathy for him.

My mother just e-mailed me this pic.

Here’s Miles Rohan, the President and founder of the Corduroy Appreciation Club. This past 11/11/07 in Brooklyn, NY, Little Roy and I attended the auspicous meeting on that particular date since 11 is the number that closest resembles corduroy. It was a force to see all the lovely people in so much corduroy! Check out the pics at our flickr site and find out more about the Corduroy Appreciation Club at their site: Corduroyclub.com. Hail the Wale!

 Hi friends, check out the latest Friends of Little Roy pictures here. I hope everyone had a great time meeting Little Roy. He certainly loved making lots of new friends.

Last weekend I attended an art’s festival at Smoke Farm outside Arlington, WA. In honor of the Pataphysical New Year I brought Little Roy and photographed him with several new friends.

Check out the photos on our flickr page here: GreenPeaLand

Here’s Granpa and I from our trip to Italy last fall. I woke up too early this morning (like 4:30 eek) probably because I am thinking about work and tomorrow we go back to start meetings and prepping for next week, when the students return. Earlier this summer my Granpa unofficially retired. In that he still works a little, but he no longer goes into an office. But he had been doing that until he was 88. He turned 88 at the end of June this year. We experienced an amazing journey last fall with spending 3 weeks in Italy. This image is from our stay in Assisi. So this post is dedicated to Granpa, who is starting his lifetime summer vacation! I don’t know if he would think of it that way…but I like the sound of it and in certain ways, I envy him.