She taught me something much greater than math, history or English that year. Now find out who was my most influential teacher of all time was.
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https://rickollie.com/2025/03/22/lessons-beyond-the-classroom-remembering-a-teachers-impact/
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Already more than $740 came in, and the team is beginning the initial implementation to get fresh water to the school. But we are not there yet :-)
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PETER: Because I heard father and mother talking of what I was to be when I became a man. I want always to be a little boy and to have fun; so I ran away to Kensington Gardens and lived a long time among the fairies.
J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) Scottish novelist and dramatist [James Matthew Barrie]
Peter Pan, Act 1 (1904, pub. 1928)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/barrie-james/75112/
Little Butch Tiger isn't so little anymore. He is growing up so fast and becoming quite the big boy! Give a friendly paws up if you think he's one adorable fellow!
Did you ever think what a waste it would be if you burned a man for what he believed at twenty, when what he might believe and write at forty would be hailed as the most blessed of holy writ?
Ellis Peters (1913-1995) English writer, translator [pseud. of Edith Mary Pargeter, who also wrote under the names John Redfern, Jolyon Carr, Peter Benedict]
The Heretic’s Apprentice, ch. 13 [Elave] (1990)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/peters-ellis/74595/
All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!” This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.
J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) Scottish novelist and dramatist [James Matthew Barrie]
Peter and Wendy, ch. 1 “Peter Breaks Through” (1911)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/barrie-james/74486/
Periwinkle Daisies...yes!
Words Of Wisdom from Max Ehrmann
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/desiderata-32-words-of-wisdom-art-sharon-cummings.html
A quotation from Barrie, James:
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PETER: (his pipes more riotous than ever) I just want always to be a little boy and to have fun.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/barrie-james/73728/
“I suppose a child's first obligation is to become a stranger to his parents.” — Judith Kelman, Where Shadows Fall
#qotd #JudithKelman #quote #growingup
https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2023/10/07/quote-of-the-day-4577/
