As a life-long gardener, I consider the physical space throughout the book . Every garden has pathways and places where there is space for resting and meditating. Placement of the poems in the book must be carefully considered, moved around if necessary, and given that final spot where it will remain. I am conscious of the atmosphere of the book’s pages.
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The most exciting thing about this location is that this pond is where Mr. Hastings lived. He was delighted when he saw anyone coming down to the pond to have a little dip in the cool shallow water. Once you dipped your toe in the water to give it that final test, you eventually just plopped right into it, and this is when Mr. Hastings fun began, too.
Have you written your letters to Santa yet?” Dad asked. “Yes,” we all said at the same time. Since I am the oldest, I am in charge of getting things done in the house. I handed Dad the four lists we created. We wrote them on our school tablets, with the blue lines on the white paper. We were all aware that It was getting close to Christmas and we all four were anxious to get those letters off to Santa.
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