tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post2433300629775881569..comments2023-08-29T03:54:10.755-07:00Comments on A Thinking Stomach: MockingbirdsChristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-71214665482858909752010-07-07T15:04:40.047-07:002010-07-07T15:04:40.047-07:00Ann: Gollygeewhizthankyou.
Zora: You're alway...Ann: Gollygeewhizthankyou.<br /><br />Zora: You're always an inspiration.<br /><br />Villager: Scout is a perfect name for a Scout. My neighbor kids are outside playing basketball all the time, but they're never exploring or poking around at bugs or doing the things that I always that were inherent to children. It makes me sad. Wonder is such a great part of childhood.<br /><br />Lucy: I think you're going to love it as an adult. Thanks again for the dukkah recipe.<br /><br />Thomas: I'm learning countless ways to use the Meyers--there are even a few around still hanging, fat on the tree.<br /><br />Gingko: Nice to meet you. And welcome. Gardening away near the arroyo, actually adjacent to it, is my favorite thing to do.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-7824529121565839842010-07-04T16:37:19.024-07:002010-07-04T16:37:19.024-07:00I love Mockingbirds, even if they aren't so in...I love Mockingbirds, even if they aren't so innocent. I think they sing sweeter songs in the morning, kind of a two part harmony with the Morning Doves that hang out in the early cool of the day. I think my songs are sweeter in the morning too. Just discovered your blog, through a very roundabout path, considering that I'm gardening away near the arroyo. I'll be back.Ginkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05831651227889736373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-42928612745271832362010-06-29T18:29:11.263-07:002010-06-29T18:29:11.263-07:00Meyer lemon ice cream????!!! Yum! I'll have ...Meyer lemon ice cream????!!! Yum! I'll have to try to make this when my Meyer lemons ripen this December.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09303344546714641616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-68730236052234016032010-06-28T15:53:32.144-07:002010-06-28T15:53:32.144-07:00Been back to read this a few times, coming away wi...Been back to read this a few times, coming away with something new each time, not least of which is a hankering for a bowl of lemon ice cream... <br /><br />I'm with Ann - there's so much I don't remember about it but Oscar's reading for school this year, finding it full of meaning, so I'm going to pull it down off that top shelf and start again tonight. <br /><br />Happy Summer to you, my friend.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524429760235996360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-694408999879115352010-06-28T10:48:15.245-07:002010-06-28T10:48:15.245-07:00To Kill A Mockingbird is without a doubt my favori...To Kill A Mockingbird is without a doubt my favorite book. I have read it countless times, and it's been long enough that now I need to read it again. I even named one of my cats Scout (which had a much nicer sound than Jean Louise).<br /><br />You are so right about mockingbirds. I have seen them flog a cat unmercifully. Come to think of it, they likely did that to poor Scout! A local hospital had to have some removed because they were flogging some of the doctors abd visitors as they came in one door.<br /><br />I spent my summers much like the kids in the book did, outside, much like you like to do. Our next door neighbor's kids are never outside. I guess they are glued to tv or Wii. Too bad. I hate to waste time indoors too!<br /><br />It is great that you are turning on your students to such a timeless classic, with so many lessons to be learned inside the covers.Dave @ HappyAcreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03441364543023807886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-87128168486634267532010-06-24T16:07:04.543-07:002010-06-24T16:07:04.543-07:00Ah, so good! And also self-serving. I'd alrea...Ah, so good! And also self-serving. I'd already been thinking I should read "To Kill a Mockingbird" again--it's been soooo long. And now it seems my complaining about our dumb car-alarm bird in part led to this, and got me motivated. Duly requested from library.<br /><br />And now I want ice cream too.Zorahttp://rovinggastronome.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-52919890806361127292010-06-24T14:24:44.819-07:002010-06-24T14:24:44.819-07:00I'm reading this and realizing how much I don&...I'm reading this and realizing how much I don't remember about that book, but then I'm also thinking, "But mocking birds are so annoooooooyiiiing" and then wham "But mockingbirds are assholes." See, that's why I like you so much, such frugality and precision with words and phrases. It's genius!annhttp://achickenineverygrannycart.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-80665797058200457902010-06-23T08:51:23.304-07:002010-06-23T08:51:23.304-07:00Wendy: I wish I could send some Meyers to you. I...Wendy: I wish I could send some Meyers to you. It just means you have to head over to my side of the planet some day. I'm so glad you had that OMM experience with your student--he'll never forget the power that a book had for him. Don't get me wrong, my students love Of Mice and Men, but I guess I'm done with it. What am I talking about? I still cry over it every year.<br /><br />AH: Oh, most the time, I don't hate mockingbirds--they certainly provide plenty of entertainment. The only time they really get on my nerves is when it is 3am and they behave like it is 7am. And I love blue jays, even though they steal eggs out of the nests of my favorite little finches in the camellias. It's hard not to appreciate that brazen flash of blue, seemingly showing off just how naughty they are. I very much look forward to your Atticus-house piece.<br /><br />Terry B.: Why shucks, you're making me blush! Thank you!Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-83895589251125200432010-06-22T21:58:19.652-07:002010-06-22T21:58:19.652-07:00"No creature, mockingbird or otherwise, is co..."No creature, mockingbird or otherwise, is completely innocent." Volumes, Christina. Volumes. A beautiful, wonderful post, my friend. You are the kind of teacher who makes people remember teachers.Terry at Blue Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13504693954312787975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-25070972106310112702010-06-22T20:44:10.438-07:002010-06-22T20:44:10.438-07:00Ah, I like this one muchly. I have a piece I'l...Ah, I like this one muchly. I have a piece I'll finish someday about looking for an Atticus house -- plain white clapboard, porch swing, and a screen door that sings and slams.<br /><br />(You can send your mockingbirds up here; we love them. But then, I'm fond of blue jays too, and their bragging.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-87075975647259367442010-06-22T13:36:45.580-07:002010-06-22T13:36:45.580-07:00See, I love reading "Of Mice and Men" wi...See, I love reading "Of Mice and Men" with my kids but just can't get enthusiastic about "To Kill a Mockingbird" in the classroom (despite loving it myself). My favourite Steinbeck moment was when, with a very poor S3 (13/14) class, I read out the last chapter. At the point when George pulled the trigger one of the boys, who was very troubled and not at all engaged with learning, threw his book against the wall in distress. He asked to go stand outside and cool off. When I went out to see him, he was almost in tears. He apologised for the outburst and then we had a long conversation about George's decision. That was all. It meant so much though. To me and to him.<br />Ain't teaching great? <br />You're killing me with the meyer lemons, by the way. Will taste them one day.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07157804056370219398noreply@blogger.com