In exchange for a letter thanking them for the donation, I brought 35
carpet squares into my classroom.
I made simple adjustments to make it happen: I brought 35
carpet squares into my classroom and stacked them at the back of the room.
Not exact matches
These apple cider caramels are my love letter autumn in my city, my attempt, as I wrote in the book, to «pack everything I love about New York City in October — the
carpet of fiery leaves on the ground from the trees I didn't even know we had; the sky, impossibly blue; the air, drinkably crisp; the temperature finally delicious enough that it implores you to spend hours wandering around, sipping warm spiced apple cider from the Greenmarkets —
into one tiny
square.»
In Room with him is his Ma (Larson) who has been walking the same
square of
carpet, sharing the same bath and enjoying the same single skylight that shines the only natural light
into their tiny space in time.
Small tables, bookshelves, barstools,
carpet squares, and yoga mats can extend learning
into unexpected spaces.
Carpet and design stores sometimes give away out - of - stock
carpet squares, which can be moved easily and turn any floor space
into a seat — some teachers even use them for makeshift outdoor seating.
First, the brown, churning water - the circle of our river around us; inside that, the quilt
squares of our fields, which were turned dirt, newly planted seeds, the bright green
carpet of a field just beginning to come to life, fences mended or falling down
into the soft new grass, humped haystacks, our cattle herd, our sheep herd, our goats, bare birch trees pointing straight
into the heavens; and in the center, in the heart, our cobbled and dirt streets, our red - tiled and gray - shingled roofs radiating out from the town
square with its statue of a long - dead war hero in the middle.
In Divisions (Sphere and
Carpet), the first line divides the
carpet into two parts of the same size, and every following line further divides the subsequent
squares of one divided part
into equal halves.
Amid the clear, bright planes of colour and Photoshop - straightened lines, touches of the handmade proudly remain for those who look close enough: would - be wooden floorboards gradually reveal their forced perspective, a grassy patch snaps
into focus as the scrubby faux turf traversed by model trains, a speckled black floor shows itself as a
square of
carpet padding.