Finding Jack-June 2009

Tonight me and my mom went on a bike ride. When we were turning on our street, this dog comes out of someone's yard the starts following us.

At first, I was scared then I felt bad for him. So we stopped, then I realized he was very nice. My mom suggested we should take him home and call the number on the tag, but the tag that had the real owner's number on it broke off, so the only number he had was the shelter but my mom didn't want to give it to the shelter (besides, it was Sunday and the shelter was closed).

So we decided to see if the dog belonged to the people who owned the house with the yard the dog first started following us. They weren't the owners, but they were the owners neighbors. They asked the owners if they owned the dog and they said maybe. Then we brought the dog (which was named Jack) and the dog was found!

Somehow Jack got out of the back gate. This just made the neighborhood a little closer.

The End of a long night.

Siobahn Ysabel
"The Dog Saver"

Thanksgiving 2008

A note to Siobahn:

What a beautiful day, thank you! From your enthusiasm when you first woke, the joy with which you rubbed the oil on the turkey, the inspiration of including the pomegranate seeds in the cranberry sauce, playing in the rain, to your joy of enjoying the yummy, crunchy skin . . . watching football, and then watching you fall asleep. It was the best Thanksgiving ever.

Here's how we made the cranberry sauce:

zest one orange, and chop it up, put it in a pot, add 2/3 cup sugar, about 1/4 cup of water and about 7-8 clove stems and a dash of salt ... simmer over med-low heat until the water simmers out. then add about another 1/4 cup of water, and simmer that water out too. remove the cloves and add the cranberries that have been rinsed. add 1/3 cup of sugar and boil the cranberries down. after that was done, we added your pomegranate seeds.



So, now I'm about to go to bed, very grateful for a lovely day and for your presence in my life. A friend of mine from MySpace sent me this video, and I wanted to share it with you. Each Thanksgiving, I invite you to listen to what this writer reads and teaches -- understand as much as you can each time you listen. Year after year, learn a little bit more from her. So much of what she says is sooooo important, as a writer, as a woman, as a human. She will help you understand the world in which you live in when your world seems so different from the one you see.

I love you ... more than you.

peace & harmony,
elaine
'freedom must be exercised to stay in shape!'

P.S. I am glad you liked the turkey soooo much because you will be eating it the rest of the week ... that was one BIG bird!


Just in case this link goes bad, look it up ... this is a video of bell hooks (another author who does not capitalize her name! LOL!) keynote speach @ the Women of Color Eleventh Annual Conference @ the University of Oregon.

Third grade is hard, but not in reading, writing, spelling, and definitely not in phonics. Math and science are hard I got a F in math and science good thing it didn't go on my permanent record!!!

TTFN,
$iobahn