Poetry Portraits

Pumpkin Picking Time
By Rachel
10/22/08

The trees are colored with many a hue,
Of auburn, yellow, and brown.
The ground is covered with a light dusting of dew,
And leaves falling all around.

Many pumpkins have grown in the field,
In colors of orange, white, and green.
Many people passing by yield,
To look at pumpkins to be seen.

Crows fly down to eat the field’s worms,
And they are not welcomed by the farmer.
The worms in the bird’s mouth wiggle and squirm,
As the bird brings them to his nest where it’s warmer.

Pumpkin pickings the time of year,
When everything’s quieting down.
For the cold season is drawing near,
And all nature seems to hide in the ground.

The plants all die in preparation,
For the upcoming time.
Life all goes on a vacation,
And the wind starts to chime.

Like bells ringing to announce the new season.

Poetry Portraits

Robert Frost
By Rachel
Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, although he spent most his life in New England. Frost became interested in poetry when he had one of his poems published in a magazine in 1893. He became famous because of how he could describe landscapes of trees and other things in the natural world in his poems. Two of his poems are “The Road Not Taken” and “Walking Through Woods on a Snowy Evening”. Robert Frost died in 1963. He was a great poet.

Sleepover

This is my choir at our January concert

Hi! I got back from a choir sleepover today. It was a lot of fun. we got to watch the musical of cats on TV. It was a really good movie. We went to bed at 12:30 last night and woke up at 7:00 this morning, so I'm really tired. I got back from that, and since my dad is training for a marathon, we went with him to the pool that he does water running in and played in it while he ran. I haven't been home for 3 weekends in a row and next week I'm going to Chicago because that's where the marathon is. That's all for now!

Girl scout camp, again!!! :-)

This is one of the things we saw on our nature hike - at least 15 orb-weaver spider webs.

Hi!
This weekend I went to girl scout camp again. It was alot lot of fun. My friends mom is our leader and she is the best leader ever. whenever one of the girls was sad, sick, or hurt, she was there. We couldn't have a better leader. The activities were really fun. we got to make a pretend fire with candy and pretzel sticks, and then got to eat it. We also did soap carving and that was alot of fun. We had an awsome camp fire, and I learned a new skit. That's all for now!!!

Girl scout camp

Hi!
This weekend I went to girl scout camp with my mom. It was a lot of fun. The theme was red white and blue, so we did alot of things that had to do with flags. I liked it when they showed us how to retire the flag. what they did first was to cut apart the stripes separetly and say something, while they burned it in the fire. Then they put the stary piece of they flag on whole. after the fire cooled down, they removed the gromets and gave them to people whoose family members are WW II veterans. it was really cool. Me and my mom got to sleep in a yurt, so it was all inclosed, but it still was really cold. Next weekend, I have a encamp ment with my troop and my mom's not going. I'm really exited. that's all for now!

Book Club

Hi!
On Friday night, I had my book club meeting on Wise Child. It was a lot of fun. Although, no one really liked the witchcraft part. We discussed the book for an hour, then we ate some really good snacks. We had bread with boursin cheese spread, apples with honey, berries with cream, and lavender and chamomile tea with stevia leaves. Then, we went out in the garage and played dance dance revolution for a long time. By the time everyone had gone home, it was 9:30 pm. I went to bed at ten. Book club was a lot of fun.

Radical Reviews

Wise Child
By Monica Furlong
Copywrite 1987
This book is set in a small village in Scotland.

Summary:
This book is about a girl called Wise Child. She lives in a small village with her grandmother, but little does she know, her life will change forever. It begins when her grandmother dies. No one in the village will take her in except for two people, Gretchen, a mother that beats her children, or a kind "witch" named Juniper. Wise Child, though afraid, chooses to go with Juniper. Wise Child learns many things from Juniper. She only went to the town on Sunday for church. Wise Child was very religous, even though Juniper wasn't. She soon discovers that Juniper is caring for Cormac, Priest Fillan's brother. Cormac has Leprosy. After living with Juniper for a long time, Fillan turns against Juniper. While Wise Child is caring for Cormac for Juniper, Fillan takes Juniper prisoner. When Wise Child gets back, they take her too. Fillan accuses them of witchcraft and ruining the fields. Wise Child realizes that Juniper will probably be put to death, so she sneaks out of her cell and helps Juniper. They walk for miles until they get to the coast. Suprisingly,Wise Child's Father's boat is out there. When they turn around, her father is there. I think this is a book good for ages over 8 as it has witchcraft in it. I have chosen this book for my Mother Daughter book club book. So far my menu is bread with Jam, Chamomile Tea with stevia, and apple slices with honey. My activity is a sachet with lavender and rosemary in it. I can't wait.