Aching for Winter

Aching for winter
I feel for her
I try for my last
Athen's stretch
I need it now
Because I know
In the darkest past
I lost it all
Aching for arms around
The whole of me
So much to be
More than a sketch
That will come to life
And close my eyes
And fly with me
When it's time to choose

Death or the evermore
Everlasting, tide uprising
Grand amour
All seasons moored
It's in our hands
What do we do?

Early morning rendezvous
Frost all around
Flowers break
The only sound
Clearest sky blue frames her breath
I dare not show
That I know
And can see
That she aches for nothing more
What winter tore
It all from her...
Tore her from me?
Leaving her unsettled for
All and more
Yet wanting less
When she could choose

Death or the evermore
Everlasting, tide uprising
Grand amour
All seasons moored
It's in our hands
What do we do?

I pull her close to me
Aching to be
Something that
She needs
In some ways I understand
I was there before
I was swallowed and
Slept the winter away
Now I have my own demands
This is all, this is mine
This is now

This beautiful strife
Aching for winter, oh!
I feel for her
Because I know
We both can still choose

Death or the evermore
Everlasting, tide uprising
Grand amour
All seasons moored
It's in our hands
What do we do?

Get Up and Go

Here are the lyrics for the final group presentation that Jessica Herring and I did for KIN 202.  The prompt was to give a presentation on why we should teach physical education in the classroom.  The video of our presentation can be found HERE.  Watch out next year for more from The Nasty Blessings!

Days are tough
Kids talk rough
Books are long
Answers wrong
What can we do?
Can we make it new?

Get up and go, jump
Kick and run
Whatever you do it’s
Got to be fun
Teach the skills
Kids need to live
Learn that you have
So much to give

Movement in the class
Will help students feel better
About themselves even
In the muck of bad weather
It helps them relax, get over fights
If they’re stressed out, it turns on the lights
We can add extra miles to their lives
If we make them feel good

We need to teach about
The food kids are eating
But also ways to burn
The fuel that they’re needing
Pyramids are great but kids will eat cake
They need to know how they’re body grows
Teach them how activities burn
Extra calories.

Get up and go, jump
Kick and run
Whatever you do it’s
Got to be fun
Teach the skills
Kids need to live
Learn that you have
So much to give

To love for a lifetime
Our kids need healthy hearts
For the love of their hearts they need
Aerobic skills to start
Bring on the oxygen by stepping it up
Basketball, dancing, even walking’s enough
But teach them lifetime activities too
Like cleaning the house to the beat of a tune

Kids need to go –and they
Like to be free –but they
Need strong muscles –and
Flexibility
So let’s stretch their muscles –and then their
Muscles we’ll train
And all of this adds up
Because it jumpstarts their brain

Get up and go, jump
Kick and run
Whatever you do it’s
Got to be fun
Teach the skills
Kids need to live
Learn that you have
So much to give

We can help them live
Lives that are
Stronger
If we teach them skills
They can keep
Forever

Get up and go, jump
Kick and run
Whatever you do it’s
Got to be fun
Teach the skills
Kids need to live
Learn that you have
So much to give

Elena's Pine Cone

I just gave Elena a small calendar for the new year called "Baby Animals."  We started going through, flipping the pages, naming each animal.  There was a penguin chick, a polar bear cub, a fawn, etc.  Then I flipped the page and saw this squat little baby porcupine, something I had honestly never seen before, and Elena said, "Awwwww! A baby pine cone!"