Lesson 552: HuskIE Defended

We're ready to light up the last night of August, Readers!

It's back to school time for the Lamp Posters.

That means it's time for some of our favorite things: 

surprise first day of school treats,

 Friday night football games,

and the annual First Day of School photo.

Mother Eloise is going to post this line up again in June.

How much will Saquon grow?

The Huskie nation is ready and willing to accept 

the challenges in the year ahead,

which includes the defending of the spelling of the mascot name.

The Huskie

 spelled with our traditional IE ending,

is under scrutiny this week, 

sparked by the Huskie Nation shirts

window clings.

Mrs. Eloise, a district teacher,

has been asked several times about her thoughts on the subject

of the deliberate misspelling.

The IE Huskie is spelled that way with the intention of setting the word apart.

I am a Huskie, 

a fan, community member, employee--

not a Husky, 

a native Alaskan wolf like dog.

And being sizable in stature,

I certainly don't want to sport a t-shirt with HUSKY PRIDE

emblazoned across my chest,

because,

well,

you know,

that just sounds fat.

The IE Huskie is an identifier for our district

as much as this howling, wolf-like Huskie circa 1970's.

We've had softer,

gentler,

more dog like Huskies in the past 

and they just didn't work.

The Husky spelling just wouldn't work, either.

I learned in my writing classes in college 

that intentional misspellings work 

in advertising if they get people talking.

If you still have an issue with our longstanding

HUSKIE tradition,

then get out of your La-Z-Boy,

put down your container or LITE yogurt

and bypass the McDonald's drive THRU

on your way to come see me for some discussion.

I'll sharpen my teeth.

The first signs of fall are never on the trees,

they are in the skies.

Look up when you get a chance.

You won't be disappointed.

Fall is one of the nicest seasons for outdoor workouts.

See Eloise if you are interested in joining our fun group

and have yourself a healthy fall.

Our colony of feral cats is starting to get the snip-snips.

Thank you, Hometown Vet in North East for your help!

It's amazing that this little guy has survived 

with a colony of fourteen feral cats nearby.

Fall is such a great time for watching wildlife.

Leave it to the Canadians, though.

They are bad company!

They fly in,

make their mess,

and leave!

Fall is a really good time to pick up a book.

Eloise loves this one!

What a page turner!

Professor Langdon is back from the DiVinci Code.

He is in the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain,

putting clues together of a mystery

involving my favorite big three--

art,

science,

and religion!

This visual companion guide is a MUST!

You can follow along,

chapter by chapter,

and look at the art work 

and symbols mentioned in the story.

It's free!

Free Visual Companion Guide for Origin CLICK HERE

This novel tied for my favorite book of the summer.

It has a great plot.

It was fun to try to find the parts that Bill Clinton wrote.

My big question is Why?

I have some thoughts,

so if you read it.

See you next week!

Eloise

Lesson 551: Slashed

We're about to draw a diagonal slash through Summer 2018,

but not until we get in our battle first.

The Huskies fought it out on the gridiron tonight.

The Huskies fangs slashed the backyard rivals,

giving us bragging rights 

and control of the bridge for another year.

Many of you have asked about how Natalie has been handling

the death of our dog Josie.

We put our fourteen year old lab down a few weeks ago.

Obscure concepts such as this perplex those with autism.

Every day, Natalie still sits in the spot right where Josie always was

and asks if we can go to the Dog Doctor.

We suspect she thinks Josie is there 

and is waiting for us to pick her up.

Talk about a slash to the heart!

The biggest slash of the week was our snow record!!!

Talk about the ultimate Take-Back!

#notmyweatherservice

Too bad the ball park invested in this column cover

marking the Erie snow totals

on the Sea Wolves Snow Gauge.

It marked the records all the way to the tippy top.

These three fans demand a recount!

Sam's team got to enjoy a local game together

thanks to our generous sponsors Preece Heating & Cooling.

 As the Lamp Posters start the 2018-19 school year
 we enter nine months of summatives:

--Natalie's last year in her program.

--Ellen's last year of high school

--Sam's last year of elementary school.

Seniors!

Eloise is not sad at all.

Actually, I'm looking forward to it.

This is the time to enjoy--

to sit back and watch all of your 

nurturing,

and fertilizing,

and weeding

allow for beautiful blooms.

Next week I'll be back with a Summer 2018 photo review

and my book picks for cozy nights for fall reading.

I got some really good ones!

XOXO

Eloise

Lesson 550: Headed Out With a Splash

Good Evening, Readers.

Ever since I've returned home to Harborcreek

from my vacation

I've been experiencing pain

along my trigeminal nerve on the left side of my face.

I would have sworn on a stack of Bibles

that my teeth were abscessing.

On two occasions I asked my dentist 

just to rip my teeth out and end the pain,

but come to find out,

that wouldn't help at all.

Chiropractic treatments and massage

have been the most helpful,

and I'm showing steady improvement.

Well, improvement until yesterday

when I thought eating a peanut was a good idea.

Even something as simple as chewing something hard

can trigger a flare up.

Back to the mashed potatoes and jell-o today.

I was able to get out to see my friends a little bit.

I found that even if I can't participate in a workout,

just being outside and around people makes me feel better.

I was also able to get out and walk a little bit,

but even the act of holding a camera near my face bothers me.

So, I tried not to annoy this little guy too much.

I was able to get to Cochranton to see Sam play

in his last ball tournament of the season.

He just wanted to give me the chance

to scrub out the whites one last time.

Sammy got his first Grand Slammy.

#13 hit a nice homer

and the boys really reacted to it

because this ball had a really nice zing to it.

Crack!

Whizz!

Right into Louie's truck.

I got out of most of the wood splitting and stacking this week.

It's nice to have a small army 

of past students willing to help out.

Summer is not quite done yet

but it's headed out with a splash.

See you next week

when I'm planning on being fully healed.

Eloise