{"id":573896760,"date":"2024-03-28T21:38:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T01:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573896760"},"modified":"2024-04-08T17:04:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T21:04:09","slug":"papers-and-sticks-and-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2024\/03\/28\/papers-and-sticks-and-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Papers and sticks and videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The grading continues. I am currently reading about four dozen feature profiles. Some have some nice potential, a few are already there. Many of the students writing these pieces have found interesting people to write about. That&#8217;s the first step. <\/p>\n<p>After that, well, you have to spend time with them, spend time on them. Learn all about them. And then write it. Feature profiles aren&#8217;t hard. They take a lot of time. And then they get difficult. There&#8217;s a great craft to writing a profile about a stranger, and having your audience wants to read more. And because of all of that, it&#8217;s interesting to see how people take their first attempt at trying to write such a thing. <\/p>\n<p>At my current pace I should get everything done at just about midnight, tomorrow night.<\/p>\n<p>I try to give everyone some useful and specific feedback, you see. So it&#8217;s time intensive for me, too. For some, I am encouraging them to continue to work on this story. A few aren&#8217;t far away from being published. Hopefully one or two will take that advice. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/blog\/banners\/bannerhouse.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>For one of my breaks away from the computer today I went outside to &#8230; pick up sticks. The yard is littered with them from a storm here and wind there. Initially, I despaired at what I would do with all of these sticks and small limbs. And then I remembered: we have a fire pit. <\/p>\n<p>So now we have a growing stack of kindling.<\/p>\n<p>It sits near this pear tree, which still looks lovely.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/mar24\/mar81.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Also nearby is a nice little growing stand. A good place for herbs and other things that have a shallow root system. In a week or two, perhaps, we&#8217;ll get to this in earnest. But, for now, I am enjoying seeing the things that pop up all on their own. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/mar24\/mar82.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m cheering for you guys, and I&#8217;ll put a version of that picture will eventually make its way into becoming another banner here on the site. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/blog\/banners\/bannercalifornia.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s head back to California for another peaceful little beach video.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;overflow:hidden\" frameborder=\"0\" type=\"text\/html\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/x8wixvy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" allowfullscreen title=\"Dailymotion Video Player\" > <\/iframe> <\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Relax. Enjoy. Repeat. <\/p>\n<p>And if you, like me, are a fan of the slow motion crashing of waves, here&#8217;s another one of those.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;overflow:hidden\" frameborder=\"0\" type=\"text\/html\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/x8wiyg8\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" allowfullscreen title=\"Dailymotion Video Player\" > <\/iframe> <\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Not to worry. There are plenty more videos where those came from.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The grading continues. I am currently reading about four dozen feature profiles. Some have some nice potential, a few are already there. Many of the students writing these pieces have found interesting people to write about. That&#8217;s the first step. After that, well, you have to spend time with them, spend time on them. 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