weekend wanderings

Some of my favorite finds around the internet this week:

:: From the Vintage Chica:

It really is my job to pick up where school leaves off.
Not a teacher who has 30 other little people to tend to.  The teacher, who is wonderful by the way, who doesn't see how his little brain is exploding with colors and animals and stories.  Sadly, she has not been tasked with encouraging his fleeting thoughts and silly stories.  She is crazy busy just trying to teach the curriculum she has been given.

This might make her a bit sad too.  I should ask her sometime.

Go read the rest of the post; it is inspiring, honest, compassionate, and humble.

::  On Magic, by the thoughtful, poetic Nikole ("i realized that, in fact magic is just beautiful and happy stirred together")  Do you find this kind of "non-religious" prose to be frivolous?  See what Kim says about the disinterested search for beauty:

 Image and silence move me in a way that clever words never can, filling me to overflowing with gratitude for the embarrassment of riches we are swimming in, even in the worst of times. The sun still rises one pink ribbon at a time, still curtsies out in flames. The forest is a riot of color and texture at this moment. And my baby's blue eyes are arresting. Everywhere I turn there is beauty, which is of course but a mirror of the One who created it all and presents this abundance to us daily. It makes me want to know Him more.

Yes.  She gets it.

::  I didn't get a list made up for my (new) regular Thursday post this week, but I enjoyed this list by Joshua Becker of 15 Surefire Ways to Impress Others ,  Sounds shallow, right?  There is substance.

:: Liesl Gibbons of Oliver + S did an interview with sewist (yes, that's the word they use these days) Marie-Michelle Melotte.  Ms. Melotte has an amazing mind for pulling together paintings, textures, costumes and modern fashions and distilling it down to a breathtaking child sized garment.  I've been swooning over that Titania Bubble Dress.  I only wonder if there actually exist real children who could wear these works of art, cause mine would have jelly on it in the first twenty minutes. (oh, and part 1 of the interview, if you want more, is here)

:: Probably one of my favorite posts of all time for its down to earth honesty:  a young mom to many takes on a craft in spite of her house and documents it ALL  (be sure to scroll to the bottom)

::  And finally, a much more serious post from Catholic Phoenix:  The Case for Purity-In Defense of Overprotective Parenting. A very provocative article and so much to ponder.

Happy Weekend!