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Sugar Sprite and the need for renewal

11/1/2014

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Halloween was magical and lovely.  We fell in with a newly-discovered group of neighbors with little boys who live on the other side of the block, and my Wild Kratt Bat joyfully demanded treats from every house with a porchlight on, accompanied by Harry Potter, a soldier in desert camo, and a very sweet turtle.  It was cold, the bat ears didn't make it more than a quarter of the way (darn that low-temp glue gun!), but there was CANDY at stake!

That candy has been sorted now, examined, and considered.  A small bag of chosen treats have been carefully saved, and the rest have gone to the Sugar Sprite.  Sugar Sprite, also known as the Switch Witch or Halloween Fairy, collects children's treats and leaves a present in place of the goodies.  Our Sprite then takes the candy and cooks it down into pure sugar syrup to sweeten the maple sap and provide the flowers with nectar for next year's bees.  She tends to bring books to our house, but some families report a toy or game being left as a thank you for the candy.  So, just in case you want to lessen the sugar load, she can visit any time she's needed.  

As for me, I feel a need to pay closer attention these days to what I'm eating myself.  I find that there are evenings when I look back over the day, and I can't remember eating a vegetable or any non-dairy protein.  On the worst days, I eat an entire bag of Lundberg's Brown Rice Cakes, and forget to eat dinner.  Or lunch.  Maybe Sugar Sprite needs to visit me, too.  But what might she leave in place of my starchy crutches? What would she leave for you? What would she take?

Perhaps the replacement will be real food, for me, and time to read and write.

It's November, and you know that means NaBloPoMo! So, for my bloggy version of NaNoWriMo, I look forward to your comments and questions.  What do you want to know about?  Here is my renewed commitment to daily posts for the month. 

Also!  More Storytelling is coming soon!  I'm working on some downloadable stories, and local peeps will be able to catch me at the Linden Hills Winter Market and at Heartfelt's Preschool mornings.  More info will be forthcoming...



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