Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Hallelujah to the Risen Lamb!
Lloyd Larson (Arranger)
SAT(B), Piano
SAT(B), Piano
I do not receive any compensation for posting these anthems here; I just think they are terrific. Evelyn
I have always wanted to be a tinker
There was one Antique Dealer in England that I loved going to visit. I couldn't have cared less for his antiques; it was the gypsy caravan he had in his yard that captivated me. It was wooden and painted in reds and greens and blues in swirly geometric designs that - if you tilted your head sideways or squinted your eyes just right - became animals and plants and fantastic creations.
The inside was sparse: table and two chairs, bed platform, and room for a trunk or two.
My brother, sister and I would take turns driving the caravan (sitting on the bench and hitching the pretend horses along the pretend paths around England). We eluded robbers and outran highway men and camped along icy streams and mystical groves.
Of all the images of my five years in England, this one will not fade. It calls to me.
The inside was sparse: table and two chairs, bed platform, and room for a trunk or two.
My brother, sister and I would take turns driving the caravan (sitting on the bench and hitching the pretend horses along the pretend paths around England). We eluded robbers and outran highway men and camped along icy streams and mystical groves.
Of all the images of my five years in England, this one will not fade. It calls to me.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012
In Search of My Chariot
2012 Forest River Sunseeker Rvs 2250SLE
2012 Sunseeker 2250SLE Class C 24 ft Walk-Around Queen
SPECIFICATIONS:
Gross Combined Wt Rating (GCWR): 16000
Gross Vehicle Wt Rating (GVWR): 12300
Unloaded Vehicle Wt (UVW): 9945
Cargo Carrying Capacity (CCC): 2355
Towing Capacity: 3500
Hitch Weight: 350
Length Feet: 24
Overall Length: 24' 4"
Wheelbase: 159
Exterior Height: 11' 3"
Exterior Width: 101"
Interior Height: 84"
Interior Width: 95.5"
Engine Make: Chevrolet
Fuel Type: Gas
Fuel Capacity: 57
Chassis Model: Chevy 4500
Sleeping Capacity: 4
No. of Slide-Outs: 1
Awnings: 1
Awning Length: 15' 6"
Fresh Water Capacity: 44
Self Contained: yes
Black Water Capacity: 30
Gray Water Capacity: 30
No. of Air Conditioners: 1
Air Conditioner BTU Rating: 13500
Furnace Rating BTU: 30000
Water Heater Capacity: 6
Propane Tank Capacity: 9.8 gal
Exterior Storage: 60 cu ft
This Sunseeker 2250SLE is a brand new, Class C, floorplan for Sunseeker --- is a 24 foot long unit with a walk-around rear queen bed – no more crawling over your spouse to get in and out. With this nice, compact model, you still have the conveniences of a smaller unit: easier to drive, easier to park and easier to afford. When you get there, you put out the slide and get that extra elbow room that can be lacking in other compact units! Sleep 4 in cabover bunk, dinette/sleeper and rear queen. This is a very attractive unit – Cypress Interior Color with 22” flat panel side TV with DVD player.
Included features and options:
- Cypress Interior with Brazilian Cherry cabinetry,
- 22” LCD TV w/ DVD located in cabover
- Backup camera
- Running Boards
SPECIFICATIONS:
Gross Combined Wt Rating (GCWR): 16000
Gross Vehicle Wt Rating (GVWR): 12300
Unloaded Vehicle Wt (UVW): 9945
Cargo Carrying Capacity (CCC): 2355
Towing Capacity: 3500
Hitch Weight: 350
Length Feet: 24
Overall Length: 24' 4"
Wheelbase: 159
Exterior Height: 11' 3"
Exterior Width: 101"
Interior Height: 84"
Interior Width: 95.5"
Engine Make: Chevrolet
Fuel Type: Gas
Fuel Capacity: 57
Chassis Model: Chevy 4500
Sleeping Capacity: 4
No. of Slide-Outs: 1
Awnings: 1
Awning Length: 15' 6"
Fresh Water Capacity: 44
Self Contained: yes
Black Water Capacity: 30
Gray Water Capacity: 30
No. of Air Conditioners: 1
Air Conditioner BTU Rating: 13500
Furnace Rating BTU: 30000
Water Heater Capacity: 6
Propane Tank Capacity: 9.8 gal
Exterior Storage: 60 cu ft
This Sunseeker 2250SLE is a brand new, Class C, floorplan for Sunseeker --- is a 24 foot long unit with a walk-around rear queen bed – no more crawling over your spouse to get in and out. With this nice, compact model, you still have the conveniences of a smaller unit: easier to drive, easier to park and easier to afford. When you get there, you put out the slide and get that extra elbow room that can be lacking in other compact units! Sleep 4 in cabover bunk, dinette/sleeper and rear queen. This is a very attractive unit – Cypress Interior Color with 22” flat panel side TV with DVD player.
Included features and options:
- Cypress Interior with Brazilian Cherry cabinetry,
- 22” LCD TV w/ DVD located in cabover
- Backup camera
- Running Boards
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Road Trip
My life has changed tremendously since I set up this blog a year ago.
I changed jobs - from District-Wide Itinerant Teacher of Gifted for Polk County Schools - where I had a great deal of autonomy and set my own schedules and answered basically only to myself - to Teacher of Gifted at Jewett School of the Arts where I teach 4 classes of Critical Thinking Skills and 2 classes of what was supposed to be Journalism but which is actually ITV - or as I have called it and someone tattled on me, so what the h#ll, I'll post it here "The Dog and Pony Show".
I teach sixth, seventh and eighth grade students and they are absolutely the greatest people I have ever met. I love these kids. I love teaching and working with these individuals. Now, autonomy flew out the window, and I definitely have others to answer to - students as well as admins, if I decide I need to take the day off, I don't do it because someone will actually miss me and care that I am not around that day.
I'm not indispensable; I make a difference.
Even the Dog and Pony Show is tolerable because of the wonderful children I get to work with. They put the news shows together and do what the admin wants done. Now that the locks have been changed in the studio, the sabotage has stopped and the three months we lost are being regained. But I am rambling. I give it this dark nickname because I thought I was going to teach Journalism - with all the bounteous objectives the Florida Dept. of Ed has listed for journalism. Instead, I key in onto only one objective - that of using technology to further the story (TV News). Instead of instructing students in all the genres of Journalism and helping them become published in the areas of their natural talents, I key into the one genre: Broadcast Journalism.
Not to be stymied; my students from all of my classes are becoming published - either as guest authors for BellaOnline's veterans column or as blogsters. So, there.
So my career has taken a Road Trip this year. I have the map, but I'm still not sure where exactly this will lead me.
Jeremiah 29:11 still anchors me.
I changed jobs - from District-Wide Itinerant Teacher of Gifted for Polk County Schools - where I had a great deal of autonomy and set my own schedules and answered basically only to myself - to Teacher of Gifted at Jewett School of the Arts where I teach 4 classes of Critical Thinking Skills and 2 classes of what was supposed to be Journalism but which is actually ITV - or as I have called it and someone tattled on me, so what the h#ll, I'll post it here "The Dog and Pony Show".
I teach sixth, seventh and eighth grade students and they are absolutely the greatest people I have ever met. I love these kids. I love teaching and working with these individuals. Now, autonomy flew out the window, and I definitely have others to answer to - students as well as admins, if I decide I need to take the day off, I don't do it because someone will actually miss me and care that I am not around that day.
I'm not indispensable; I make a difference.
Even the Dog and Pony Show is tolerable because of the wonderful children I get to work with. They put the news shows together and do what the admin wants done. Now that the locks have been changed in the studio, the sabotage has stopped and the three months we lost are being regained. But I am rambling. I give it this dark nickname because I thought I was going to teach Journalism - with all the bounteous objectives the Florida Dept. of Ed has listed for journalism. Instead, I key in onto only one objective - that of using technology to further the story (TV News). Instead of instructing students in all the genres of Journalism and helping them become published in the areas of their natural talents, I key into the one genre: Broadcast Journalism.
Not to be stymied; my students from all of my classes are becoming published - either as guest authors for BellaOnline's veterans column or as blogsters. So, there.
So my career has taken a Road Trip this year. I have the map, but I'm still not sure where exactly this will lead me.
Jeremiah 29:11 still anchors me.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
The Lamb
William Blake (Author), David Giardiniere (Composer)
SATB, Piano
SATB, Piano
I do not receive any compensation for posting these anthems here; I just think they are terrific. Evelyn
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