+ Lying beneath the covers
Encompassing warmth
Knowing another hour
lay ahead. Sweet inertia.

+ Walking around the pond
At lunchtime.
Fall is fading.

+ A spontaneous hug from
a student after Thanksgiving
break.

+ Welcoming colleagues.
Exchanging stories.

+ Singing "Miss Mary Mack"
with first graders. A happy-feeling, 
cure-all song.

The Full Moon, a couple of weeks late. I wonder why the camera fails to capture what is seen with the naked eye. I know there must be a practical, technical reason for this. Something to do with angles, lens and scientific principles that make my thinking shaky-hazy.

The camera image (iPhone, I admit) I believe, diminishes the sky's wonder and beauty. As I failed repeatedly to capture the visual I wanted, it got me thinking. How could I use this with students? An example of appearance versus reality? The variable nature of perception? Using the image as a writing prompt?

Or maybe I needed to just stop and notice. And enjoy the moon.