Not a milestone, obviously. It happened on Friday.
Wynona came to live me in May 2020. We have since spent 10,000 km together.
On an unimportant aside: Wasn’t it so much more satisfying when we had those little mechanical clickety clack odometers? When the big number came closer and the little plates were all straining with anticipation to flip over and finally they did so with a satisfying little clack?
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I presented my class with a story about three mice (in the form of kamishibai, Japanese paper theatre) and in the process the old black board came into use again. I took photos with my cellphone and just adjusting the image with “autolevel” in the … Continue reading Of Mice and Pigs (and Cats)
We were on a walk / run yesterday and passed this pasture with brown and black wooly creatures. In the midst of them this beauty, gorgeous face, the longest eye lashes. “The blonde of the herd”, is what one of my fellow walkers exclaimed when … Continue reading She Is the Blonde of the Herd
Last Wednesday we went to a local pizzeria for dinner where service was good and fast and it was only 7pm when we had paid and were heading for the car to drive back. It was such a beautiful evening that I asked my husband … Continue reading Evening Walk
Life starts at 66. It was a gift I received last week. I’ll take it at face value – it came from somebody who should know as she has passed this milestone already. Cellpic Sunday
There we were in the middle of the forest. Technically it was Monday but it was still Easter. Apparently, the Easter bunny was there before us and left us a few colourful presents. But hardboiled eggs with a bit of salt and/or mustard are a … Continue reading Egg Hunt with a Happy Ending
Yesterday was night of the Lärmfeuer – around the Odenwald bonfires are lit to commemorate a method of communication of old. It is said that villages warned each other of comming danger by lighting fires on hilltops – you’ve seen Lord of the Rings and … Continue reading We Warned Them!
there is a speed camera.
Or is it?
This fake speed camera has turned heads and smoked some breaks in our town. A national tv news station even came to visit.
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Kamishibai is a Japanese form of story telling with pictures. It translates literally as “paper play”. It was popular in Japan before and during world war II until the advent of television. Today it has resurfaced as an education method in nursery and primary schools. Although the actual pictures and narration can easily be created as power point presentations, the interaction with the audience and the intimacy of a life performance creates an almost magical atmosphere.
I spent a couple of days last week at a training workshop about narration techniques where I learned how to incorporate kamishibai into alphabetisation classes. The final afternoon was spent on creating kamishibai stories in small groups. The photo above is our final picture of the story of Quadro who goes to school where he falls in love with Ronda.
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