Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Daylight Savings Time

I am going to give myself the excuse of Daylight Savings Time for getting behind on my blog. Ok, ok, not a great excuse, but the only one I have unless.....

I have projects at school that take all my time and attention during those hours!

That I am traveling a great deal with storytelling...schools and libraries last week!

That I am working on my new column often as I love it so much!

That I am taking Matthew and Jonah on wonderful field trips, the last one to the Sugar Camp at Maplewood. (See this week's column!)

That I have a new educational project that was dropped into my lap with an early deadline!

That I am premiering my Carl Sandburg show in April.

I am still blaming the non-blog writing on Mitch Daniels and Daylight Savings Time.

Sounds good to me!

Lou Ann

Lou Ann Homan-Saylor lives in Angola, Indiana which is nestled in the hills of Northern Indiana. When she is home at the White Picket Gardens you can find her gardening or writing late into the night under the light of her frayed scarlet lamp. She is a storyteller, a teacher, a writer, an actress and a collector of front porch stories

Sunday, March 04, 2007

Swirling Sunday Snow...

The snow started yesterday afternoon and continued all day. By this morning, we were again in a winter wonderland. I think winter came so late that she will not let March in. My neighbor, Larry, was out early with his snow blower cleaning off all of the sidewalks and my driveway. With a wave of the hand I thank him...knowing that I need to bake him a cherry pie or something! I later follwed the blower with my broom and cleaned off the porches as the cold snow flew in the early morning sunlight...dazzling.

Today I take Matthew and Jonah to the University for a Philharmonic Show for Tots. It is a hands on program followed by cookies and punch. We should have a great time exploring music just for the young!

Lou Ann

Lou Ann Homan-Saylor lives in Angola, Indiana which is nestled in the hills of Northern Indiana. When she is home at the White Picket Gardens you can find her gardening or writing late into the night under the light of her frayed scarlet lamp. She is a storyteller, a teacher, a writer, an actress and a collector of front porch stories.

Saturday, March 03, 2007

Open Calendar Saturday..

This is one of those unusual Saturdays..no play rehearsal...no storytelling...no events...just an open calendar. Kind of luxurious, actually. I made a list of all the possibilities for this wonderful day...what shall I do? The normal, you know, run the vacuum, clean the bathrooms...take a walk down town..visit with Zach, the clock man, stop at Rachaels for coffee...make bread...make soup...change the sheets...work on next week's column...start my Sandburg rehearsals...work on the web site...hmmm...what kind of open Saturday is that?

I think I will just put on another pot of coffee and curl up with my current novel. The list will be there tomorrow!

Talk with you later!

Lou Ann

Lou Ann Homan-Saylor lives in Angola, Indiana which is nestled in the hills of Northern Indiana. When she is home at the White Picket Gardens you can find her gardening or writing late into the night under the light of her frayed scarlet lamp. She is a storyteller, a teacher, a writer, an actress and a collector of front porch stories.

Friday, March 02, 2007

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

On this day fifty years ago, Theodore Geisel, aka, Dr. Seuss published his first book, The Cat in the Hat. Since that day he has been a favorite with children, parents, and teachers. Today we celebrate his birthday in style with stories, birthday cakes, balloons, and other celebrations all across the country.

I will be working in Fort Wayne in a school who is celebrating this milestone. I think tonight I will bake a cake (green, of course) and share stories with Matthew and Jonah who know that they want to read to grow up smart like their Nannie!

Here's to Dr. Seuss and all he has done for children!

Lou Ann

Lou Ann Homan-Saylor lives in Angola, Indiana which is nestled in the hills of Northern Indiana. When she is home at the White Picket Gardens you can find her gardening or writing late into the night under the light of her frayed scarlet lamp. She is a storyteller, a teacher, a writer, an actress and a collector of front porch stories.

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