Felt yucky all day yesterday, by evening I was definitely "flu-ish" and slept as late as I could this morning. Actually managed to stay in bed until almost noon, the rest felt good. But no sleeping late! Just being quiet in bed, reading and being read to, and helping the boys with their math. It is good they are old enough to (usually) do their academic work without constant supervision.
They are going to work on a short story, and then we will see if we can do a stop-action rendition of it (3 to 5 minutes) using some of their toys and the digital camera. I can tell Matthew is really interested in running the whole show, but Grant has his own ideas, too. We will work on it for a while, and then see what happens. If things go as I expect, the boys will have a new medium for expression, and learn about their abilities to collaborate on projects.
Hoping I can get to our book club tonight, will have to see how I am feeling. I read "The Da Vinci Code" over the last couple evenings, wasn't sure I was going to even find a copy of the book, but Mother lent me hers...
Interesting premise. Has a lot of conservative Christians all up in arms and raging, now I see why. I suspect a few Pagans aren't too happy, either, the last thing we need in some parts of the country is folks who have been alerted to some of the practices and symbols that have been used as "secret signs" of recognition. Even less, the inevitable voyeurs who will pick up on the hieros gamos to the exclusion of other things. And the people who will, of course, conflate the truly pagan aspects of it all with the Christian bits and be thoroughly confused.
Posted by kathleen at March 26, 2004 04:19 PM