Summer is the Sabbath of the Seasons

Girl in a Hammock, Winslow Homer, 1873

It should be - a rest, that is.  It is a change from the normal school routine.  We sleep later, stay up later, read and play much more.  While I've been refreshed and enjoyed things unique to summer, it hasn't been very slow.  A graduation and then this upcoming wedding, not to mention the typical activities of 4 littles, have not given me much chance to slow down.  Alas, a change is a good as a rest.  Did I mention the LER?

I hope to visit Carl Sandburg's home during our upcoming travels. I'll let you know if we make it.   I like to "hear" his unique voice in my head as I read this poem -

Summer Stars by Carl Sandburg

Bend low again, night of summer stars.

So near you are, sky of summer stars,

So near, a long arm man can pick off stars,

Pick off what he wants in the sky bowl,

So near you are, summer stars,

So near, strumming, strumming,

So lazy and hum-strumming.

I hope you are enjoying your summer and that it is a Sabbath of sorts for you.  I need to look into getting a hammock, I think.   Meanwhile, please enjoy these pictures by Amy Fieldler taken at the 2012 CLUSA conference at Gardner-Webb University this past June.

Here they are, explaining to the crowd about how they got engaged at the Eve Anderson  Tea.

Immersion group.  This had something to do with the Blarney Stone.

Immersion group ladies dramatizing a scene from Much Ado About Nothing.

Mason Paradigm presentation

Participants enjoying the Shakespeare.

Amy from Peru!  

Dr. Carroll  Smith, Makoto Fujimura, and Bonnie B.!

From joy to joy,

Nancy