I know it's not the day...
...for quick takes, and yet a few completely unrelated topics are really all I've got for you at the moment. Have I lost the capability for actually expounding upon a theme? I don't think so. But I have no theme to expound upon today, so here goes:
- I have been attempting to write poetry using actual meter and rhyme, rather than free verse. And it's really hard. To express your thoughts within those constraints is so much more challenging than just spilling it out onto paper in whatever way pleases you. How did Shakespeare DO it? For that matter, how does Dr. Seuss do it? When you read a Dr. Seuss book, his words just fall into the perfect, infectious rhythm automatically, no forcedness to it at all.
- Does it say something about me that when I pause for a moment to think of really masterful poets, the first one that comes to mind is Dr. Seuss?
- The CSN stores giveaway winner has now also received her bucket o'Fiddlestix. Nina, a mom of three boys and one little girl, has this to say: I got em. They came on Saturday. Awesome, they totally saved the day. My boys really enjoyed them. They make some great swords, lol! Thanks! So, once again, if you're looking for a fun, creative toy that has the side benefit of easily being used a weapon, Fiddlestix are for you.
- When Evie means to say that something belongs to her (and she thinks that pretty much everything she lays eyes on is her rightful possession), rather than saying "mine," she says, "mines." It's really funny and cute (or at least to her doting mother it is), and it also makes total sense--we say his, hers, yours, ours. All the other possessive pronouns end in the letter S. Why not mines?
Evie: the master of the universe, at least in her opinion.
7 comments:
Sarah used to say, "Here comes Rebecca! Here comes she!" And really, why don't we say it that way?
#3 says the same thing all the time. I wasn't sure if it was because I let them watch nemo the other day or if he was just being silly, but all the way home today was mines, mines, mines.
Have you ever seen a rhyming dictionary? Confusing, in my opinion, but definitely worth it for the ideas it brings.
Dr Suess is a genius. How does he manage rhythm, rhyme, plot and humour all at the same time? Brilliant.
Also, I'm impressed that you know what a possessive pronoun is. I wouldn't have know what to call them.
She's beautiful!!
Steph
Dr Suess is probably all I could think of. I'm impressed you thought of Shakespeare.
But remember, if Dr Suess got stuck he would just make up a word to fit! :)
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