| Some mom reading here might look up and smile at her child, or touch his head softly, or turn off the computer and go watch him build with Lego, or go with him to the park to throw a frisbee for the dog. Maybe without this discussion, she would've told him to just go do something else because she had to fix dinner. |  |
| By making the better choice, you step away from the worse choice. |  |
| Kes has loved the film Wall-E since he first saw it, age 3. ❤️ He has watched it over and over ✨ When his snow boots didn’t fit him this winter and we bought him new ones, he said, “I’m going to grow a flower in my boot just like in Wall-E” He planted seeds in both boots back in early spring and today those flowers bloomed. 🌼🌼💛💛 |  |
 | Art, arrangements, sculpture—any art—is based on a vision or a mental image. Viewers interpret that, and respond, sometimes with thought, words, or responsorial art of some sort. Then someone will see that art, or comment, or review, and reference it somehow. These are connections, sometimes wordless, and that is learning, even when it's far from facts and figures. |
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| Somewhere in your house is a little lightshow. Be ready to appreciate it. |  |
 | We have made good use of making patterns in the slots of a revolving rack of poker chips, and then with poker chips out on the table. I have set out photocopied pictures and cheap water colors, lots of brushes, and had side-by-side painting by the hour. Whichever kids or visitors wander by will be drawn in and as they play or paint they talk and share and think. |
 | Neediness expresses itself differently with different kids. Abundance expresses itself similarly in all. A family can learn to find abundance rather than lack, even if they're not wealthy. |
in order for learning to be happening.If a child is bored and agitated, she's not learning. If she's happy and smiling and humming and engaged with what she's thinking, seeing, hearing, tasting, touching or smelling, then she's learning.
| "Notice what excites & inspires you, because your excitement is a light in the right direction on your path of life." —Holly Dodd |  |
 | "It's easy to see problems. It's easy to get down and be cranky. Anyone can do that. But to find the laughter, the beauty, the pathway to connection and possibilities—that's where the magic is. It requires you to look at things from different angles." —Cass Kotrba |
 | Enjoyment is about joy. Find enjoyment in the little things you do. Choose joy. |
| Stop doing the thing that stops you from doing what you need to do. —Holly Dodd |  |
 | Plants and fruit, paper boxes, tins of cookies... they're not to keep for life. Enjoy and appreciate things and times and thoughts. Be grateful for sweet memories. |
| If you've seen all the cool things on the shelves at your house, look at other people's shelves! |  |
 | Keith and I installed that peekhole in our front door when Marty was little. Now Marty is 28 and lives in that house with his wife of three years, who is expecting a child. What you see from your own house, through your own eyes, starts small. The way you see the world as you're growing up can be like a peekhole. We will never be able to see out through others' front doors, as they do. We can't see through their eyes. Remember your view, no matter how vast it becomes, is personal and limited. |
| Clarity and focus make things easier. Muddly confusion make things harder. |  |
No one could make a website, or a book, or a library or a university with all the history you will come across in your life. Frolic! Delve.
photo by Sandra Dodd, of root beer on the dashboard outside Bode's in Abiquiu, New Mexico (AB-i-cue, and BOE-deez) |
| If by "change the world" a person means "make the world better," then step #1 must be to decide right then not to make the world worse. |  |
