Thought Seedlings Blog | Genevieve Weston

How I grew as a reader: Mr. Danning, Houses with Gables and Me

My Fifth-Grade teacher Mr. Danning didn’t make me a reader. He made me a smarter, better reader. Even as a baby, I loved books. I would...

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Sep 28, 20204 min read

The Skill of Listening As a speech language pathologist, I help many of my patients improve their ability to understand others. I teach...

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Sep 16, 20202 min read

Our family was blessed with lots of milkweed when we bought our house but I didn’t understand the plants’ significance initially. Working...

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Sep 10, 20203 min read

Ripples dance on a pond As a breeze gently touches the water Wind swings and sways leaves, branches As they play with each other in the...

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Sep 6, 20201 min read

Ingredients 2 lbs of apples - peeled, cored and diced 1/3 cup of apple juice 1/2 teaspoon of honey Directions: peel, core and dice...

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Sep 1, 20201 min read

German Sour Cherry Dessert Recipe Ingredients: ½ cup plus 1 Tablespoons of softened butter 1 ¼ cup of powdered sugar 1 teaspoon of lemon...

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Sep 1, 20201 min read

Dancing with Joy Last night I danced for the first time in months. The weight of the pandemic followed by George Floyd’s death and the...

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Sep 1, 20202 min read

God, Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change The courage to change the things I can And the wisdom to know the...

Apr 28, 20203 min read