Take Me Anywhere
I love reading books,
And sitting in my nook,
I can go anywhere.
Maybe visit Africa,
Take a trip around the world,
In only eighty days.
I can visit a world
Where animals can talk,
Or be caught up in a mystery
A million miles away.
I can search for hidden treasure,
Or hide Jews from the Germans.
A yellow brick road can appear in my bedroom,
Or I can get stuck in a blizzard,
And not even shiver.
I love reading books because
They can take me anywhere!
|This is a poem version of one of my favorite Bible stories:
Down by the Well
By Gloriana Stolle
Down by the well,
One fine day.
Jesus was walking,
Going to pray.
He was getting thirsty,
But He had no pot to draw with.
There was a woman there
who was a Samaritan.
Now her people,
And His people,
Never socialized.
So when He asked her for a drink,
She couldn’t believe her eyes!
She said, “Why do you ask me for a drink?”
To which Jesus replied,
“If you drink this water,
you will soon thirst again.
But if you drink the water I give,
You’d never need again!”
Astonished, she inquired,
“Where can I get this water,
That will keep me from going dry?”
So then He told her all about
His saving grace and love.
Hearing this, she cried,
“I believe!”
So she went and told her friends.
They were surprised to learn that she
Had talked to Him that day.
They all came down to meet Him,
And many more believed
All because that Samaritan woman
Listened to what He said.
|Wow, I haven’t blogged since September!!! That’s concerning. Anyway, my summer’s going good so far. We went to Ink’s Lake and Lake Buchanan in June, and since I’m going to Rouse High School next year, during the last week of July to the first two weeks of August I have Color Guard camp. Color Guard is basically apart of the band, except we have flags instead of instruments, so I’m excited about that. Here’s a poem I wrote about, well, you’ll see. Enjoy! Evenings in Summer By Gloriana Stolle When the day starts to cool down, From the midday heat, We go outside, Outside to play. There are so many possibilities, It is so hard to choose. I don’t know where to start. Should I play catch, tag, or jump rope? My sister is kicking a soccer ball around, Begging me to join her. The fireflies start coming out, I grab a jar And head out to the meadow, On this warm evening in Summer.
|Here is a little something that I wrote at our block party on September 12, at about 9:00 at night. The approaching hurricane had brought a lot of clouds to our Leander sky. I was instantly inspired, and just had to put my thoughts on paper.Enjoy! The moon glowed illuminating the night sky. Clouds moved in an attempt to muffle the light, to no avail. The moon shines through the clouds enchanting all who happen to glance up at its smiling face. The few stars that are showing through the clouds finish off the nocturnal splendor. I lean against my windowsill, and think about the mountains, oceans, and all of God’s amazing creations.
|Friends, Alice is a computer game that teaches you how to program while creating a very low-tech animated video. You can download it from www.alice.org At the website, you can find a couple of videos that tell you what you can do with Alice. I am currently working on a Cinderella re-enactment type thing, using objects that you can import onto your ” World” at the touch of a button. This takes about twenty minutes to download, but it’s ABSOLUTELY free! It is a GREAT way to introduce yourself to programming. There are also a few tutoriols that you can watch once you download Alice. I hope that you get as interested in it as I have!
|Hey guys, I recently went to see Prince Caspian, and well, I have mixed feelings about it…………. 1. There’s a lot of fighting. Period. LOT of fighting. Like maybe a teensy, weensy chance that it’s too much fighting. Actually more than that!!!!!!!!!!! I like fighting ok, but it went a little bit overboard. 2. In the final battle, the trees come and help. In the book, however, they are REAL people, that just look like trees in stature and hair, and stuff like that. In the movie, they are literally just trees that are walking around. Don’t get me wrong, they did a great job with the centaurs and animals, but I just don’t understand why they couldn’t do that in the movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3. One of the reasons that I liked the first one so much was that there was absolutely no romance!!!!!!! This one, however, is a different story. There is nothing like that in any of the books, and I just don’t see why they had to put that in there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4. I have said a lot of negative stuff so far, so don’t think that I absolutely hated it…….. I thought that the creatures were much better that the last one. 5. The night battle was very cool, I just think that they stretched out the longer one too much. 6. The River Dude was cool, and the part where Reepicheep comes in is funny, too! 7. I liked that Susan was apart of the battles; I think it really added to her character. 8. Peter was a little too resentful, which I didn’t like very much. I just don’t see why he was so rude to Caspian. I mean, I understand that they were sort of competing, but do they have to make it that SERIOUS!?!?!!??!!! 9. Lucy, well, she has grown up considerably since the last one, and she takes a big part, so I really enjoyed that. 10. Edmund has sort of grown up, too, and is more like Peter. 11. You can tell that the people who made the movie studied the book extremely well, there are some lines in the movie that are *unbelievably*similar! On a scale of 1-10, I rate it 9 and 90 hundredths! I liked most of it, it just has a few issues. Overall, I loved it!
|I recently found out this interesting piece of information, and just HAD to share it with everybody! Ok, you know how you are made up of cells? Well, there is this stuff that works like a kind of glue called Laminin. You won’t believe this, but I found out that it is in the shape of, you guessed it, a CROSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s the stuff that holds you together! Emotionally and physically! How cool is that!?!!?!!? Truly, our GOD is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|Things That Make Me Happy
1. Sunny Days
2. Reading
3. Spending time with my sisters and friends
4. My imagination
5. The feeling of getting something done
6. Puppies
7. Pillow fights
8. Finishing my schoolwork early
9. Finding new places to explore
10. Love
11. Bike rides
12. Birthdays
13. Getting mail
14. Theme Parks
15. Running through sprinklers
16. Meeting new people Lemonade
17. Being silly
|Hi everyone! How was your Thanksgiving and Black Friday? Mine was great. On Thanksgiving Day, my Grandma, uncle, and cousin came for dinner. My aunt and other cousins were in Florida, But my oldest cousin has basketball, so him and my uncle were staying home. On the day after (Black Friday) we went to see my other Grandma and help her decorate her new apartment in San Antonio. We brought her a tiny tabletop Christmas tree, ornaments, and while we were there, my dad went out to look for a small couch for the apartment. Fifteen thousand phone calls later, he shows up in the lobby with a loveseat “So pretty I’d buy it from you” ( he said). He also had wandered into the music store next door going in looking for a guitar string for one of his two acoustic guitars and came out with that, an electric guitar, a case for the aforesaid, AND an amplifier!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And then, on the way home from SA, we wanted to go to the trail of lights in south Austin, and all I had was a jean jacket that was to small!!!!!!!!!! So we stopped at Target and I got a - can you believe it - $ 3.60 total, very cute, sweatshirt!!!!!!!!! Then, we were dissapointed when we found that the trail of lights does not start until December 9. So don’t try to go until then! Today when I woke up, my dad had set up and put on lights on the Christmas tree! We decorated it before breakfast. Then we went to return a few things at Target and a few other places. Now that Thanksgiving is over, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|My Apple
I really enjoy eating apples. They feel so smooth and lumpy. I love the way they they smell and sound when you bite into one. It is a sharp, crunchy, crackly sound. Apples are generally red or greenon the outside and yellowish green on the inside. They taste, well, yummy, juicy, good, sweet, crunchy, and tangy. I love apples! :):):):):):D:D:D:D:D B-) B-) B-)
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