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If there was a competition for best weekend ever, Ruby's weekend would be in the running. There was a LOT of this.

Doesn't she look so at peace? I'm totally in love with this little fur ball. People, adopt yourself a cat. Every kitty deserves a safe little home with a sunny patch for spending time on Sunday afternoons. And you deserve the happiness that little cat will bring.

what i'm listening to right now

for black history month, our school organized a movie night and screened four little girls, the spike lee documentary about the 16th street church bombing in birmingham, alabama in 1963 that killed four girls.  i'm a little torn about black history month activities in schools.  ideally, we would cover black history throughout the year and there would be no need to celebrate it heavily during one month of the year.  but you know what?  we aren't there yet.  so in february we had a night of black music/culture/art, we had an assembly where three religious leaders spoke about their work for civil rights, and we had almost 100 kids come to this movie night.  the movie begins with this song, which i had never heard before (how is that possible?!) and found beautiful and quite moving.

"birmingham sunday," by joan baez:

january: 1 & 2

uh, yep.  i'm just now posting this.  sorry, friends!  in january i read two books:

these is my words, by nancy e. turner (my aunt monica recommended this to becky, who bought it for mom last year, and i borrowed it this fall…it's a fictional diary of a woman on the arizona frontier in the 1800s.  some of it seemed just TOO convenient - you know how some fictional stories manage to have characters that experience EVERYTHING a person at the time could possibly experience?  this is sort of one of those stories.  but it was a real page turner and i very much enjoyed it and kept going to bed early so i could read many pages before i fell asleep at night.  you know i love historical fiction.  i recommend this book!)

the absolutely true diary of a part-time indian, by sherman alexie (my school is doing a young adult book club for teachers this year, and this was our january read.  it's a semi-autobiographical story of a spokane indian teenager who decides to go to the mostly-white high school near the reservation instead of the reservation school.  because it's a young adult book it's a very quick read, and there are little cartoon-y illustrations throughout that are supposed to be done by the main character.  it's sad and uplifting and funny and quirky and irreverent at times and a look into a totally different culture.  i'm so glad the librarian chose it for us to read!)

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I guess if you're comfortable...

73 degrees today...I went on a run/walk in Memorial Park, which was, as you might imagine, packed. My favorite moment was passing a man running with a two year old in the stroller in front of him, the kid in a batman shirt, leaning forward with a huge smile on his face as the wind blew through his hair. If only we all could be pushed through the park on such a gorgeous day!

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Thanks for leaving these clean towels here while you washed the sheets. I'm not sure what I would have done without something cozy to snuggle up on!

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When visiting your dog frenemy, Piper, who is a little bit afraid of you, you should definitely find one of her chew sticks and play with it in front of her. HA.