Author: Sharon Gerald
In many ancient cultures, the ancestors were the gods themselves. In most, the ancestors held a sacred space in a person’s spiritual life, and were essential to fashioning personal identity. As a remnant of those […]
Off and on for the past ten years or so, I’ve been interested in tracing my family genealogy. I can trace my Gerald family back to a man named James Gerald who lived in South […]
I want to write something for my students about this, or at least prepare something to say to my students about this, so I’ve decided I need to first write about it for myself to […]
Cranes 87-89 Cranes 90-92 Cranes 93-95 I’ve spent a few days away from Internet access, and I’m just now making up my crane pictures. I could have figured something out about posting the pictures without […]
Today, however, I was the bug. I do have a crane and a picture for today, but because I am posting this from my phone, and I’m too lazy to figure out how to embed […]
Cranes 84-85 of 1000 for 2016. I folded these cranes at an Asian restaurant while waiting for my food to arrive. I had the choice to go to dinner or complete my origami/photo project for […]
Crane 83. This is a student made Huck Finn raft. It has been left behind from someone’s presentation in a literature class. The bird sitting on it was made from a Pride and Prejudice calendar. […]
My dog challenge prompt and my regular photo challenge prompt were essentially the same today: “in a box” and “box.” I tried to make Lucy Peanut sit in a hat box while I took her […]
Crane 75 of 1000 for 2016. Lucy Peanut says, “What paper crane? I haven’t seen any paper crane. Good luck finding your missing crane.” Cranes 76-77.
Lucy Peanut is tuckered out, and I can’t say I blame her. She burrowed into a blanket on the couch to take a nap this evening, and I tried to get her up to play […]