Besides Math, Her Current Obsessions

October 28, 2005 @ 11:39 am | Filed under: Books

Mark Kistler’s Draw Squad. Recently rediscovered and scarcely out of Jane’s grasp since. “Mom, you HAVE to remind me to practice my drawing every day. The book says I should practice at LEAST twenty minutes a day.”

She also came across a copy of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, loved it, and this week, whenever she isn’t drawing, she’s making origami cranes. Flocks and flocks of them. They are roosting all over the house and hanging from the chandelier. We don’t have a thousand yet, but I figure it’s only a matter of time…

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