[Nfb-krafters-korner] Completed!!

River Woman riverwoman at zoominternet.net
Tue Dec 7 16:28:50 UTC 2010 

Me, too, Terrance! My kids were just reflecting on Face Book what our house 
was like growing up here...dancing in the kitchen, taking marches around the 
house inside and outside, storytime every night (with lots of enthusiasm), 
an art studio to make anything you want to make at any time you feel like 
making something and with NO supervision, and lots of silly laughter. The 
reflections were written by my daughter, and by a grand daughter - and now, 
we are into the great-grand children and I hope their reflections some day 
will be the same - never grow UP but grow, as you said.  Keep the inner 
child alive and well.  Lynda River Woman
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terrence van Ettinger" <terrencevane at gmail.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Completed!!


> Yeah, I've been asked that a time or two when doing stuff with the kiddos; 
> but then, my philosophy is, I always intend to grow—just don't ask me to 
> grow UP.  '-)
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> On Dec 6, 2010, at 11:03 PM, Dick Carlson <dick.carlson0428 at earthlink.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> You know, as excited as he was about the whole thing, I think he's up for 
>> doing just about anything right now.  We talked on the phone today for a 
>> few minutes and he asked what kinds of things we'd do when he spends some 
>> of his Christmas break with me during the day.  He asked if we were going 
>> to do more projects that were fun.  I told him sure.
>> In fact, this will be amusing to all of you.  He even said he would think 
>> about and that it would probably be OK to get his fingers a bit messy if 
>> he needed to use more of that gooey stuff again.  He meant glue.  I 
>> laughed and said that it may happen, and he said that he would try it 
>> some more and see if he liked it more.
>> And thanks to Ramona, I said we could also make cookies, as he's used the 
>> break and bake squares before by laying them out on a pan.
>> So, yeah...part of me wants to have some fun and call Willy on what he 
>> said about trying things some more!
>>
>> My recent x-girlfriend asked one time who was having more fun, the big 
>> kid or the little kid!
>>
>> Dick
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Annette Carr <amcarr1 at verizon.net>
>>> Sent: Dec 6, 2010 4:45 PM
>>> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists' 
>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Completed!!
>>>
>>> Dick,
>>>
>>> If will is up for making another picture, then go for it.  If he wants 
>>> to do
>>> another one then ask him what  his ideas are.  See if he wants to make 
>>> one
>>> with a theme, Christmas, New Years, winter, school break, nature, etc.
>>> There is no wrong idea.  If he wants to glue sand on a sheet of paper 
>>> and
>>> call it a beach, then let him do it.
>>>
>>> Annette
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dick 
>>> Carlson
>>> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 11:02 PM
>>> To: List for blind crafters and artists; List for blind crafters and
>>> artists; List for blind crafters and artists
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Completed!!
>>>
>>> Oh, I almost forgot to write that Willy said thanks for the cool idea.
>>>
>>> I should also say that he was a little bit more at ease about his finger
>>> being in the glue.  It was a little amusing to watch the extra care he 
>>> took
>>> to only initially use his finger tip to try and spread the glue on the
>>> material or paper.  He wondered why it was taking a long time, and I 
>>> told
>>> him that it was because he was barely touching the glue and getting very
>>> little on the things.  I think he's beginning to understand that, but 
>>> too
>>> bad it had to happen now that it's over.
>>>
>>> Do you guys think more work and things like these would be helpful for 
>>> him
>>> as well so that he can get a better idea?  I think that could help, and 
>>> like
>>> I said, mhemight be a little less leery the next one.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Dick Carlson <dick.carlson0428 at earthlink.net>
>>>> Sent: Dec 5, 2010 6:29 PM
>>>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>, List for blind crafters and artists
>>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Completed!!
>>>>
>>>> Hello everyone!  Great to write you all again.
>>>> I wanted to let you guys know, since you've been quite supportive that
>>> today, Will finished the collage!  As I told you, it had been several
>>> weekends that we hadn't seen one another, or if we did, we didn't do it 
>>> for
>>> much time.  Due to colds and going out of town and such, today was the 
>>> first
>>> day we were able to spend some hours together.
>>>>
>>>> Believe it or not, it's pretty sunny here, so we were able to go 
>>>> outside
>>> for a while and go to the near by park so that he could play on the 
>>> swings
>>> and whatever else he wanted.  He's definitely more of a swinger.  Not 
>>> many
>>> kids were at the park today, so he had a swing to himself for a while. 
>>> He
>>> did take his cane.  A couple of times, when we'd begin getting ready to
>>> walk, he still kept it folded and in his pocket.  I told him it would be 
>>> a
>>> lot better for him to have it out.  I guess that when he went with my 
>>> folks
>>> for Thanksgiving, neither they nor my sister really did anything to get 
>>> him
>>> to incorporate the cane whenever they went out because he said that he 
>>> was
>>> told it got in the way.  Oh well, I'll help change that.
>>>>
>>>> However, when we got home and ate some lunch, I asked if he wanted to
>>> finish the collage, and he said he did.  He asked if I would help him, 
>>> and I
>>> told him I would.  Between the two of us, we got the rest of the little
>>> scraps and materials and put them on the paper that got put on to 
>>> cardboard.
>>> There wasn't too much left for him to do, as it wasn't too big, but it 
>>> was
>>> enough to keep us entertained for a little while, anyway!  He did get a
>>> little better at finding places to put the materials and finding spaces
>>> where they could be pasted.  Good for him.  Sometimes, watching him, I
>>> wanted to (and sometimes did) help him and show him where would be good.
>>> But, he was able to do more on his own and get them pasted.
>>>>
>>>> Oh, he was happy when we were done!  He said he'd never really done
>>> anything like that before, because all they really did in school was to
>>> draw.  That's why when you recommended doing some kind of idea like 
>>> this, it
>>> really fit the bill!  He could finally say he had a project for himself.
>>> And, with some of the items we used, I did talk to him about colors, 
>>> just so
>>> he knew a bit of what they were.
>>>>
>>>> I think he's believing me a bit more about how fun this stuff can be 
>>>> and
>>> that not everything has to be completely perfect and neat and stuff like
>>> that.  In fact, he asked if we were going to do more things like these, 
>>> and
>>> I asked if he wanted to do more.  He said he would.  This was a great 
>>> step
>>> for him!
>>>>
>>>> The pasting part was a little better.  He still had initial leeriness, 
>>>> but
>>> that wasn't too big of a deal.
>>>>
>>>> So...one project done, and many more to come!!  Any advice or opinions 
>>>> on
>>> what could be next would be fantastic for us.  I kind of think it might 
>>> be a
>>> good thing to build on the things we've done so far.  I also want him to 
>>> be
>>> able to use his hands again.
>>>>
>>>> Dick
>>>>
>>>> What a great time!  We're thrilled to have finished and I'm happy that 
>>>> it
>>> went well.
>>>>
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