tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post3220550065810734533..comments2023-12-13T03:19:15.138-08:00Comments on The Drift Record : Poetry Friday: Curiosity (Bovine and Otherwise)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-68079432039859834652008-09-30T10:00:00.000-07:002008-09-30T10:00:00.000-07:00Thanks, Becky. I think it's teachers like you who ...Thanks, Becky. I think it's teachers like you who help most - not necessarily teaching the subject (though that, too) but nurturing the kids' intellectual curiosity. That's the key. I'm CERTAIN of it :-) (my short list of things I'm sure of!)Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/12811523890920763782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-17697290825927007982008-09-30T09:37:00.000-07:002008-09-30T09:37:00.000-07:00Julie, enjoy Vermont! I went to Middlebury and mi...Julie, enjoy Vermont! I went to Middlebury and miss the state greatly especially at this time of year.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the link to the newsletter, and for both of the poems. I think if there's one thing I'm trying to teach my kids, it's to preserve and deepen that natural curiosity we're all born with. I tend to be certain about a fair amount (!), but I like to think there's at least an equal amount of wonder. The poem is terrific, and a good reminder especially now.<BR/><BR/>And it wasn't til I got to your website that I placed your name. I was on the Cybils poetry panel two years ago and your "Yellow Elephant" has remained one of my son's favorite books of poems. We are definitely fans of your work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-27595273389884420352008-09-29T09:24:00.000-07:002008-09-29T09:24:00.000-07:00Thanks, TadMack - I love your subtitle for the Peo...Thanks, TadMack - I love your subtitle for the People Who Wonder list!Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/12811523890920763782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-45262836344257778152008-09-29T02:08:00.000-07:002008-09-29T02:08:00.000-07:00Definitely sentimental in a nice way!I love the se...Definitely sentimental in a nice way!<BR/><BR/>I love the second poem - I've often thought of the incurious as merely bovine, and that's clearly a mistake! I'm adding my name to the list of People Who Wonder -- with the addition of "And who probably won't be satisfied with the answers they receive."<BR/><BR/>Happy curiosity.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.com