Good times can't be had without good friends

I am so lucky to have a great sister like Lilly to share her hot chocolate with me in times of hardship. (follow the link, friend)

Independence Day and The Te of Piglet

original photo of the book that's had the librarians giving me the stink eye ever since it's been overdue (a couple of weeks)
A couple weeks ago, the book pictured above was due back to the public library. Alas, I could not return it because I had lost it, and after multiple ill-fated searches, I became half-convinced I would never find it. It was finally, today, after I had given up my active search that I found The Te of Piglet comfortably face-planted under my headboard (next to my cell phone, which is what I had really been looking for). I was very happy, and decided what-the-heck that I would pick up reading where my bookmark marked. And long story short, I'm very glad I did. This is just to say that I really think you would like this book, no matter who you are, because it is just That sort of book.

original photo of a firework exploding in my hometown
On an unrelated note, I'd like to add that I hope everyone had a nice Independence Day.

Lilly and I
I sure did, since I spent it with my family and Lilly and I commenced in an awesome game of naming chapters in the Harry Potter series off the top of our heads.
"The Deathly Hallows" "Snape's Revenge" "Snape's Revenge?! HAHAHA You mean the Flight of the Prince?" "HAHA Oh yeah."
...
"The Burrow!" "The Marauder's Map." "Nicholas Flamel" "The Chamber of Secrets" "Behind the Veil" "Oh, good one."

Ditto
And speaking of Harry Potter, I made a batch of butterbeer for the first time. I liked it, though it was a little too un-genuine (I doubt Mme Rosmerta used muggle cream soda in her recipe). I will be looking for other recipes, but it was a nice trial. :)

original photo of some random muggle's version of butterbeer

Becoming Ambidextrous

original photo of alphabet practice

One of my goals this summer is to improve my right-handed skill, ultimately up to the same level as my left-handed skill. Of course, there are some things (like painting and drawing) that I will ever only want to do with my left hand. So far, I've played pool and badminton right-handed, and above is a picture of my practice-writing each letter of the alphabet in old-fashioned pen and ink. :)

Summer is here!!

original photo of my first summer accomplishment

[Summer Project #1] "Get Fit" Propaganda Board for Katie: DONE

At long last, I am back to blogging, and working with a new layout. Huhzah!
And if Katie is out there, reading this, I want her to know that the board pictured above is ready for her to pick up and I hope she likes it and finds it inspiring (because that was the primary goal).

Also, my return to this blog means that I AM DONE WITH HIGH SCHOOL. Most likely forever (unless I become a teacher, and I'm not one to say 'never')! *hypothetical high five* But now I am faced with ONE (main) question: What's next? The answer one would suppose is... summer fun (and then college). :) I just hope this summer is not too hot.

IMPORTANT

I am about to graduate. I am very busy. After graduation (two weeks from now) I plan on coming back and revamping this blog. That is all.

A Letter

I am going to write you a letter. A real one. Please wait on that. It will appear above this post, in photographic form.

All the best, until then, and then again (one supposes),
Heidi Rose

Update

Orchestra concert tonight, then a paper to write on Things Fall Apart. I'm wearing a purple scarf to the concert. Because it makes this concert less of a funeral.

The Way I See It #22

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I'm out for now, so here's one of my recent favorites from someone else:

"We can do no great things. Only small things with great love."
-Mother Teresa

Poetry Thursday: Emily Dickinson

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I've decided to start a new feature, since features are decidedly easier to post regularly than spontaneous-subject posts. I've just started reading poetry (for fun!) recently, and thought it would be nice to include one of my favorites every week (to build onto the literary theme of this blog). For now, we'll call it 'Poetry Thursday', though it may become something catchier and more lyrical later on. :)

This poem came out of one of my recent loans from the library (with Lilly's card, buahaha); Emily Dickinson/Collected Poems. I haven't read through much of the collection yet, but of the few I've read, I enjoyed that this one had more of a narrative. Enjoy!
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V.

GLEE! the great storm is over!
Four have recovered the land;
Forty gone down together
Into the boiling sand.

Ring, for the scant salvation!
Toll, for the bonnie souls,-
Neighbor and friend and bridegroom,
Spinning upon the shoals!

How they will tell the shipwreck
When winter shakes the door,
Till the children ask, "But the forty?
Did they come back no more?"

Then a silence suffuses the story,
And a softness the teller's eye;
And the children no further question,
And only the waves reply.

-Emily Dickinson

The Way I See It #21

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"It's underrated. That's what I like about it."
-Heidi Rose Krill