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Quotations, proverbs, sayings.. why would anyone want to save them?

01 Jun 2016 Comments Off on Quotations, proverbs, sayings.. why would anyone want to save them?

by uniquelyyourscraftjournal in Quote Journal Tags: Notting Hill, quotes

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Dear Fellow Journalers,

We have all been inspired at one point or another in our lives, by a quote or saying that meant something to us. It reminded us of who we were; what our life’s philosophy was; or what was ultimately important to us. So we wrote the quotes, proverbs or sayings down. Some were snippets from text books. Some were sayings. Some may have been whole poems. Many of us wrote them down on “the fly”, on scraps of paper we stuck in books. Some of us highlighted the passages and some wrote them in a journal.

My earliest quote journal was a small brown covered notebook that fit in my pocket. I copied quotes from characters in my favorite books or lines of poems. The lyrics from a folk song that was popular in the 1960’s is on one page.

So, where does one find quotes? Books, as I’ve said before are a major contributor not only the words from the characters but the author as well. One of the earliest books dedicated to quotations is Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations. It was first published in 1882 and of course revised and updated many times since.

Family sayings should be in your journal too, along with the person who said it most often. There is a line in one of my favorite movies, Notting Hill where the male lead character played by actor Hugh Grant says “whoopsy daisy” and the female character, played by Julia Roberts says “Nobody says that anymore!” to which he says “my sister used to say it all the time.”

Some other sources include: magazines, religious books, Facebook, Pinterest (this site has a lot of pictures also), search engines like Bing or Google, e-mail (some people include a favorite quote as a tag line after their signature), lyrics and movies.

Needless to say, when you delve into the topic of quote journaling, you can immerse yourself in millions of quotes and sayings. In the coming weeks we will explore how to put the journal together, the different themes and some web sites to get you started.

‘Til next time,

~~Sallie~~

P.S. Thank you to Denise and G for contributing many of the quotes that follow in the next weeks and months. If you want to contribute, please email me at uniquelyyourscraftjournal@outlook.com

Memorial Day

30 May 2016 Comments Off on Memorial Day

by uniquelyyourscraftjournal in Perspectives Tags: Memorial Day, students, Veteran

Dear Fellow Journalers,

I found this true story recently and thought I would share.

~Sallie

In September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a History teacher at Valley Heights High School in Port Rowan, did something not to be forgotten.
On the first day of school, with the permission of the school Superintendent, the Principal and the Building Supervisor, she removed all the desks in her classroom.

When the First Period kids entered the room, they discovered that there were no desks.

“Ms. Cothren, where are our desks?”

She replied:  “You can’t have a desk until you tell me how you earn the right to sit at a desk.”
They thought:  “Well, maybe it’s our Grades.”  “No.” she said.
“Maybe it’s our behavior.”   She told them:   “No, it’s not even your behavior.”
And so, they came and went ~~~ the First Period, Second Period, Third Period.
Still no desks in the classroom.   Kids called their parents to tell them what was happening and by early afternoon, television crews had started gathering at the
school to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all the desks out of her
room.
The final Period of the day came and the puzzled students found seats on the floor of the desk-less classroom.
Martha Cothren said:   “Throughout the day no one has been able to tell me just what he or she has done to earn the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom. Now I am going to tell you.”
At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and opened it. Twenty-seven (27) Veterans, all in uniform, walked into that classroom,
each one carrying a school desk.
The Vets began placing the school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the wall. By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in
place, those kids started to understand —
perhaps for the first time in their lives — just how the right to sit at those desks had been earned.

Martha said:   “You didn’t earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. They went halfway around the world,
giving up their education and interrupting their careers and families so you could have the freedom you have. Now, it’s up to you to sit in them. It is your
responsibility to learn, to be good students, to be good citizens.
They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to get an education.   Don’t ever forget it.”

By the way, this is a true story, and this teacher was awarded Veterans of Foreign Wars Teacher
of the Year in 2006. She is the daughter of a WWII POW.

Let us always remember the Men and Women
of our Military and the rights they have won for us.

Garden Journal web sites

27 May 2016 Comments Off on Garden Journal web sites

by uniquelyyourscraftjournal in Garden Journal Tags: garden, web

Dear Fellow Journalers,

I am quite sure that there are hundreds of sites that feature everything I have not written about this month! Here are a few I found. Please feel free to comment and share your thoughts!

~Sallie

https://myfolia.com/gardens

http://www.gardening-quick-n-easy.com/

Home

http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/

livinginthegarden.net

What to put in a Garden Journal

25 May 2016 Comments Off on What to put in a Garden Journal

by uniquelyyourscraftjournal in Garden Journal Tags: planning, seeds

Dear Fellow Journalers,

In the beginning of your journal you should create a diagram or map of what you intend to plant and where. As you plant perennials, you might mark them on a base mark and copy it each year creating new plans for annuals.

A future wish list will help if your garden changes due to weather conditions such as floods, etc.

Plant information – seed catalogs, garden books, websites – these are useful.

Date seeds started because you can track performance.

Germination dates- the date you first see the plants emerge from the soil will help you understand your garden.

Weather information- you will want to make notes on the high and low temperatures for the day as well as precipitation and winds.

All of these things and much more are important things to put in your garden journal.

‘Til next time,

~Sallie

Garden Journal Pages

20 May 2016 Comments Off on Garden Journal Pages

by uniquelyyourscraftjournal in Garden Journal Tags: pages, seed packet

Dear Fellow Journalers,

As I researched this topic more thoroughly, I found that a lot of gardeners embellish their pages with hand-made graphs and pictures of their flowers or produce. Here are some additional ideas from web sites and Pinterest.

~Sallie

Write a page onto a separate piece of paper and incorporate it into your journal page by using a seed envelope glued onto your page and tucking the journal page in it. You can download a seed packet from www.gardensillustrated.com Print out your color, illustrate the front panel and glue to the back side the page. Slip in the journaling page and fill in the rest of the page.

Journal a flower- Cut colorful paper into petals and a stem. Write your page onto the shapes and glue onto the page.

Here are some sample pages from Google and Bing:

March 9th – We had more torrential rain overnight. I woke up to a flooded garden this morning, but this time a little more than the previous event.

March 12th – After all the rain, followed by a couple of spring days over the weekend, I couldn’t wait to get out to the garden. I wanted to plant flowers but I wrenched my shoulder and now I have to figure out another way.

March 15th – I just walked through the garden and there is a lot to be done. The garden is alive with wisps of flowers peeking through the soil.

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