Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson

I’m very jealous – Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea visited my daughter’s school today.  Parents received a special email saying – “Don’t bother showing up, this is for students only.”  Arghhhh.  This is definitely one school assembly I would have loved attending.  Oh well…I did have the pleasure of helping my daughter craft questions for the author because her class was going to get a special audience with him.  I’m not sure she chose any of my questions or not which were all about the schools that his work has funded – hers were more along the lines of, “What does yak milk taste like?”

Greg Mortenson sounds like an inspiring person who turned a negative into an opportunity.  His mission: to “promote peace one school at a time.”  Even my shopping loving 11 year old daughter is moved and that says a lot – she has started reading Three Cups of Tea and has announced that she’s saving all her Pennies for Peace.  Who can argue with that?

No clay this week, maybe next.  We have done a decent job of clearing the garagio of all but my studio stuff which is still in boxes – but that’s a start.  A start that is sadly taking a back seat to being a mom, writing papers, reading (not for pleasure) and a sundry of other school activities.

Have a great week,

Cynthia