House 43 Digest Online

I’m a hunk of copper,
About to be melted into
A new shape,
I’m so excited that I
Think I’m going to melt
Before I’m put into the fire.
I think I’m next in the heap,
I hold my breath,
For I know that the blacksmith
Is reaching for me.
When I touch the fire,
I feel soft tingly warmth,
That makes me let my breath out.
At long last,
I get pulled out of the fire,
Shining, bright, and new.
I use my hot senses to relize what I am.
I smile in my heart for now I know that
I’m a spice box,
And I’m proud of it.

NATIVE AMARICANS ART AND RECREATION

INTRODUCTION

I studied the plains and prairies Indians at school for social studies. I was looking for information on the art, recreation, and entertainment about 5oo years ago. The tribes that I looked at were the Arapaho, the Lakota, the Comanche, the Black feet, the Kiowa, and the Crow. I learned a lot doing this research, and if you read this, you will to!

TOYS

Toys were the most common entertainment for girls, but there were more games for boys. Girls made tiny tipis and played with dolls made of cornhusks to prepare for motherhood. Boys, on the other hand, would make hoops, roll them across the ground, and would try to shoot arrows through them. In the winter, they went sledding with toboggans and with hand made tops, made swirly designs on ice. That was some proof that the girls had more toys than boys, and boys had more games than girls.

(Read on …)

Little House on the Prairie

By Laura Ingalls Wilder

I recommend Little House on the Prairie because it’s a little bittersweet and it has lots of Native Americans “Indians.” The climax of this book is very exciting and a tiny bit scary. Part of it is gross so I recommend to skip that part, or you can read it if you want to (Fever and Ague). My favorite part is when they’re building a lock latch for the front door. The story is about a little girl named Laura Ingalls and her family, Ma, Pa, Mary and Carrie. In the beginning of the book, they move and in the end, they move again (to Independence).

The Harp
Inspired By Harris Burdick

One day, Glen woke up to the sun smiling down upon the world. He looked at the foot of his bed. His Yorkshire terrier, Magic, was snoozing there.

She awoke by feeling Glen’s feet move from under. She walked over to the upper part of the bed and rested there instead.

Glen sat there just thinking, thinking about what he had heard the other day. He had been walking home from school when he had heard a bunch of people talking.

(Read on …)

AY of H43 worked with KM from Edinger House to develop a web posting about House 43’s New Orleans Buddies. Click here to read the complete paragraph.

I am from the computer and IM language being typed with a small clicking noise to go with it.
I am from pronouncing the alphabet and every letter of my name picked carefully from it, like a fresh juicy peach.
I am from Harry Potter books numbers, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
That place is a ten-floor apartment building.
That place is a five-floor school. (Read on …)