I love to swim. I could spend all day in the water, as long as I can see what’s in it with me. Usually, I would prefer a pool because sea creatures kind of freak me out. (My husband is reading this and rolling his eyes because he would argue that even little fishes freak me out, and he wouldn’t be wrong.) Our family recently moved to Florida, and while it has always been a dream of mine to live…
Going in a little bit of a different direction today and we are going exploring in the tale of Johnny Appleseed. It’s funny, but I put my list together of posts for this challenge about three weeks ago and just the other day, my daughter and I started reading this story in our homeschool history class. Pretty cool, coincidence. I think everyone’s pretty familiar with the tale of Johnny’s generosity and love he had for apples. I had thought that…
Some of my favorite kind of heroes in stories are the unlikely heroes, the ones that aren’t bold, beautiful and obvious. Ichabod Crane was a school teacher, and compared by some to a scarecrow that had abandoned his post in the fields. He was not classically good looking, nor was he thought to be particularly brave, but he is the man we learn about in the story of the Headless Horseman. I love Tim Burton’s version of this story, and…
Fairy tales abound with mysterious creatures, but I think my favorite one is the dragon. I love how the dragon is portrayed as either a villain, like with Saint George, or as a hero like in Pete’s Dragon. Not too long ago, Build-A-Bear had Toothless that you could buy and I dragged my daughter over to get one. Turns out that I wanted one more than she did, but since I didn’t want to share we got two. True story….
Welcome to my month of insanity! Buckle your seat beats because I’m hoping to do a little of the unexpected with these posts. So, when deciding on the letter “A” for my first post, I immediately was drawn to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland because of the story. I think it’s one that connects to the child in all of us. I can tell you that when I was a kid in school, there was a time or two when in…