One of my inspirations for blogging is my brother's brother-in-law, Bill.  I think I've been reading Bill's blog now for about four years.  He is an inspiring and intriguing writer.  Bill's blog entries are often built around the motif of "Three Beautiful Things."  (I was thrilled to get a mention as one of the "three" a few years ago!).  

Last week, in my continuing effort to blog every day for 21 days, I sort of stumbled onto my own version of "Three Beautiful Things."  I wrote about the best moments of my day.  It didn't occur to me until the next day that this could be a recurring theme for my blog, plus a way to focus on the positive--to reflect with gratitude on my day.  I'm not sure exactly how I'll use this idea, but for now, here are some more best moments:

1. While reviewing for my AP Lit. final exam today, I was quizzing students about some Biblical characters.  (Yes, folks, we can talk about this in public schools.  We do a unit on literary allusions that includes Biblical characters, as well as those from classical mythology.)  Even though I teach some really gifted students, they don't always know their Bibles very well, so today I heard  about Joe the Baptist (Baptized Jesus) and Laertes (who, it seems, Jesus brought back to life after he'd been dead for three days). 

2. I didn't make it to the store this weekend, so I arrived at school without lunch.  I treated myself to a half a ham sandwich and bowl of baked potato soup from a local bakery/deli called Zeppole.  Yum!

3. I had a long, warm, reviving nap after school.