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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · Aug 19

Tatsuya Ishiodori

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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · Aug 17

Art by Shawn Braley

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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · Aug 17

Others: What's going on in your head?
Me:

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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · Aug 17

Ying Shu

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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · Aug 17

I believe in the transformative power of literature: how it connects the head and the heart. It connects us to the author, even those long dead, to the words on the page that speak to us as if by magic. And how it, ultimately, connects us to ourselves and the world around us.

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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · Aug 17

Two collections I am loving is New and Selected Poems by Marie Howe and You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World edited by Ada Limon

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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · Aug 17

Peonies in Moonlight by Kobayashi Noriyuki

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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · Aug 16

The problem with adulthood is there needs to be more time for dilly dallying.

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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · Aug 16

Art by Coastal Mouse

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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · Aug 16

Me: GPS. Give me directions to Tiny Tales Books

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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · Aug 16

The dream

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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · Aug 15

I even had kids today, during fun Friday, picking to read in my reading corner.

Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thank you to those of you who have donated from my classroom wishlist . I am delighted when I see the kids in my classes getting excited about the new books you provided. www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

Check out my list on Amazon

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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thank you to those of you who have donated from my classroom wishlist . I am delighted when I see the kids in my classes getting excited about the new books you provided. www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

Check out my list on Amazon

www.amazon.com

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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · Aug 11

Anna Evans

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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · Aug 9

Thank you so much

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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · Aug 9

It was simply that she was only fully alive when she devoted herself to her singular ability to draw, and when she drew she was naturally always alone.
- Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomins, was born on this day in 1914

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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · Aug 9

"Alice in Wonderland" illustration by Wooh Na Young

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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · Aug 6

Hashimoto Okiie's "Bamboo Grove"

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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · Aug 3

Raindrops on a cobweb

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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · Aug 2

Alice in Wonderland illustration by Martina Peluso

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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · Aug 2

'Tea Bowl and Fruit', color on silk, by Hayami Gyoshū

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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · Jul 31

I've been reading about all the problems of education, about why teachers are leaving the profession. Found myself asking: Why do I teach? There are so many reasons not to. My answer was: Because I love kids. Because I want them to know they have worth & value. That they matter.

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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · Jul 30

Claire Fletcher

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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · Jul 29

Thank you for the recommendation

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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · Jul 29

While thinking about the nature of stars, I came across this transcendent poem by @nikitagill.bsky.social

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