tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301787642355720458.post3430185700492457708..comments2011-04-09T19:16:03.032-07:00Comments on 仁筆墨 (Rén bǐ mò): The gift of insomniaCarinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08160355647085111216noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301787642355720458.post-58093932954865691802011-03-30T16:04:11.960-07:002011-03-30T16:04:11.960-07:00this was a beautiful example for the prompt!! I lo...this was a beautiful example for the prompt!! I love how you could see how tightly wound she was, but how she totally came alive with regard to reading and words. What a contrast, and clearly it made an impression!!frellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15306432301862964595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301787642355720458.post-11988241159875788342011-03-29T14:14:59.770-07:002011-03-29T14:14:59.770-07:00I adore the idea in this line, "She would hol...I adore the idea in this line, "She would hold the book in view and read, sometimes from the pages that she turned in the single breath between sentences and other times it seemed from the memory itself." <br /><br />Literacy is such a gift...it truly is.<br /><br />So happy to have you link up. :)Nicholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17074492084387694619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301787642355720458.post-75003632879098606702011-03-29T10:32:36.538-07:002011-03-29T10:32:36.538-07:00This is wonderful! Your description brought me bac...This is wonderful! Your description brought me back to kindergarten. I was sitting next to you learning to love stories and reading. <br /><br />Great!amygrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10655920157645555504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301787642355720458.post-79983591588756524442011-03-29T10:16:30.133-07:002011-03-29T10:16:30.133-07:00I like the repetition of "step by step" ...I like the repetition of "step by step" and delving into the curiosity of how teachers spend their "non-teaching" hours.<br /><br />The last little paragraph was excellent - that she gave reading as a gift. It truly is a wonderful gift!<br /><br />I don't really like the use of the word "simile" in the beginning (don't really know why) but think "comparison" might work better? And "painted her lips on large in red" sounds awkward to me.Roxannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12330094142744544717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301787642355720458.post-32358957185073417282011-03-29T09:28:32.767-07:002011-03-29T09:28:32.767-07:00I think as writers being read to, capturing the mo...I think as writers being read to, capturing the moments when story learning really kicked in are so vital to us and because of that I loved, loved these lines, <br /><br />'She shared that secret moment with us, helping us find it, in which the story became real until we could think of nothing but seeking that moment to relish.' I also thought they really showed us the difference between gifting and teaching someone.<br /><br />On a personal note, and I kind of hate to admit this but I thought that my teachers actually shrunk down and lived in the large bottom drawer of their desks for a lot longer than I'd like to admit!Jenniferhttp://whispatory.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301787642355720458.post-10366247768859813542011-03-29T06:57:17.263-07:002011-03-29T06:57:17.263-07:00Thanks for the comments!
@Honest Convo Gal - Than...Thanks for the comments!<br /><br />@Honest Convo Gal - Thanks for the typo. I did mean "then". As for the other one, I meant what I wrote. I sometimes like to think of women putting on makeup as the artist creating a face, rather than highlighting the one underneath it because sometimes that's what women do. :)Carinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08160355647085111216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301787642355720458.post-42679568085367814432011-03-29T06:35:22.044-07:002011-03-29T06:35:22.044-07:00She seems to have been a great teacher. A couple ...She seems to have been a great teacher. A couple of things. I think there are typos in this sentence: "She did not do as the other teachers and read, the pause and share the picture, then pause and ask the question, the pause and respond to the reply." Do you mean "then" pause? I really like your description of Mrs. Yashinski in the opening paragraph but there is a phrasing error that took me out of the story. You say, "she always painted her lips on large in red." I love the image. But what I think you're trying to say is that she always painted her large lips in red. Or something like that. You split your infinitive. <br /><br />Otherwise, I really enjoyed your description of her reading to you. I could tell that this was an important time in your life as a reader. Nice piece.Honest Convo Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04164936942751145568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301787642355720458.post-18209066162219710152011-03-29T06:01:58.419-07:002011-03-29T06:01:58.419-07:00My reading teacher heart is in LOVE with this post...My reading teacher heart is in LOVE with this post! <br /><br />I loved words like step by step, tall column of tight curls and seamless current.<br /><br />I also adored your wonderings about your teacher's home life. That's so exactly the way kids think, isn't it?<br /><br />And *sigh* of course that last line was perfection. It is a gift, isn't it? Thank goodness for Mrs. Yahinski!Galit Breenhttp://theselittlewaves.com/noreply@blogger.com