shouting hallelujah
August 2009
52 posts
these were good: "authentic enchiladas verdes" →
allrecipes.com
And that, my friends, is what you do when life (and an enthusiastic husband) gives you tomatillos.
(Important side note: I found the recipe and bought the ingredients, but J did the actual cooking. Give the man his due.)
“If what we’re trying to get to is, everybody has read ‘Ethan Frome’ and Henry James and Shakespeare, then the challenge for the teacher is how do you make that stuff accessible and interesting enough that kids will stick with it […] But if the goal is, how do you make kids lifelong readers, then it seems to me that there’s a lot to be said for the choice approach. As adults, as good readers, we don’t all read the same thing, and we revel in our idiosyncrasies as adult readers, so kids should have some of the same freedom.”
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NY Times: Students Get New Assignment: Pick Books You Like
I think there’s a lot to be said for giving students freedom to pick their books. My parents and a couple of my hipper middle school teachers gave me that freedom, and I ended up coming around to an English degree and a specialization in the Great Books, working through the Western tradition. Since graduation, I’ve read things like the aforementioned Ethan Frome but also re-read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows aloud with my husband :)
have some time to browse? A Woman's World (NYT) →
nytimes.com
Readers submitted photographs from around the world that illustrate the importance of educating girls and empowering women.
10 ways to feed 10 people for less than $20 →
thekitchn.com
I did nearly all these when I was cooking for our Thursday group this summer, but I wish I’d seen this list then. There are some good ones.
kitten!
Sorry, Tumblr, I have neglected you. But when I get my new kitty, pictures will be abundant. I can’t even decide on a name yet because I don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl (hope hope it’s a girl— I don’t want a boy spraying everywhere). But the names in the running are as follows:
For a boy: Godfrey, Ralph, or Aloysius (I’d call him Wishus, of course)
For a girl: Eleanor (Ellie) or BeaI’ve been wanting an all gray cat for like forever, and I’ve found one. I like giving animals people names, and a gray animal should have an old person name, right? They’re all very respectable names, except maybe Ralph. Haley took in a kitten for a while and I named him Ralph, but she wouldn’t call him Ralph, so the name is still in my animal name bank just in case the cat looks/acts Ralphish. I’m not totally satisfied with my girl cat names, though, so suggestions are welcome. The name must sound like an old rich lady and be nicknameable, though. Last names are also welcome. I like Willoughby myself.
You may not use the name Eleanor, as we plan to have a little girl definitely called Ella and perhaps named Elinor in the not-too-distant future, and I don’t want to differentiate between “human Elinor” and “cat Eleanor.”
That’s all. Willoughby is a fine last name (and in keeping with the Sense & Sensibility theme established by Elinor, you supposed Austen hater).
why have I not found this before? →
obamiconme.pastemagazine.com
Obamacize yourself. And there goes my day.
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