The working vocabulary of the average 14-year-old has declined in the last 50 years from 25,000 words to 10,000. Language reflects the depth of our human experience. Because we think in words, are we losing the capacity to say what we feel?
Like, whatever.
Terry Steinmetz says: I love this lily. The color is so bright!
nan roberts says: What is that?
MaryJane says: It’s a bird, it’s a plane…
Nan Roberts says: Yes, I got that far. What kind of bird?
MaryJane says: I’ll have to get out my bird book. Good question:) I thought perhaps you had a muted computer screen and couldn’t see the bird …
Nan Roberts says: I figured it must be one that lives where you live. I live on the Central Oregon Coast. I’m not all that up on the birds here, but I don’t think I’ve seen that one before.
MaryJane says: It kinda looks like a baby flicker but …
nan roberts says: Ooh. We have flickeres, but I’ve never seen a baby one. The adults cruise through now and then, looking cool.
The only babies I’ve seen are baby sparrows after they’ve left the nest.
Buy props used in MaryJane’s books and magazine!
5% of profits will benefit www.firstbook.org, a non-profit that provides new books to children from low-income families throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Here’s how:
MaryJane will post a photo and a description of a prop and its cost along with a few details as to its condition here: https://shop.maryjanesfarm.org/MaryJanesCurations. It’s a playful way to be the new owner of a little bit of farm herstory.
I love the western flair of all things horses out here in the west. I grew up in Virginia riding hunter jumper and doing shows and rabbit or fox hunts. Lots of rules and specific attire back in the 1960s. Western looks way more fun!