Monday, February 28, 2011

Messages from your stuff

My maiden name was Adams, and I remember being taunted by kids singing the theme song to The Addams Family TV show, but that line "Their house is a museum where people come to see 'em" stuck with me always. When I go to other people's houses I love to see what they have. The things they've chosen to keep, or collected over the years, teach me a good deal about those people themselves—their interests, their history, their sense of humor, and philosophy.

From Your House as a Museum,
written in 1999, before I so carefully avoided the word "teach."

Photo by Sandra Dodd, of a display
at the Bryn Athyn Church School; not my art;
not my "museum" sample, but it was fun to see.
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2 comments:

  1. JulieFebruary 28, 2011 at 10:06 PM

    Wanted to let you know that I gave your blog an award over on my blog:) I love this blog and wanted to thank you for taking the time to share bits of your knowledge with the rest of us.

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  2. SJMarch 10, 2011 at 4:26 PM

    A few months into our homeschooling adventure my 8 year old daughter spontaneously said "Our house is like a museum with really cool stuff in it!" This was the moment I decided it was going to be alright.

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