The fourth and fifth graders adored the Odyssey snippet I brought into yesterday's workshop. They absolutely loved the language . . . "hoisting" and "wine-dark" and "bellied out" and "foaming" . . . and their excitement about words was so exciting. I wanted to do an entire Odyssey unit with them.

Dinner tonight: post-Harmony-School-basketball-game pumpkin-garlic soup . . . and here's hoping my sick kid can keep it down.