Why I went to Sciworks with 62 kids

Field Trip and they didn't have to butter me up with the "Super Chaperone" sticker.

I would have gone anyway.

We sat in the Planetarium as the lights dimmed.

The stars in the sky making me wish I were on Beech Mountain.

Because it is the same view.

But as they illuminated the stars in the sky,

His little hand slid over to mine and held tight.

Yup, that's why I do it.

This moment, this very second will make the next two hours

chasing 62 kids around the rest of Sciworks worth it.

Cold Artwork

I love running on trails on cold mornings.

The only sound is the crunch of my feet as they hit the frozen ground.

Sometimes something stops me in my tracks.

Sometimes it is an animal, a deer, or listening to a woodpecker.

Today it was the design on the ice in a small puddle waiting for the sun.

The lines are straight, but go in all different directions.

The white looks frosty as the day heats up, changing it to water.

Made me think of Snow White - maybe I was the queen,

Looking into the frosty mirror, saying,

"Mirror, Mirror"

What would it reply?