a warm welcome

 These days I mostly face a wall of this:

So it's a nice change to face this kind of wall instead:

Yes, I'm still fitting in the school visits! Recently, they are, perhaps, the sanest of my days. And when they are as welcoming as the Naubac School (which I visited a few weeks ago) they are happy as well! 

I loved all the letters the students wrote me, from 1st grade to 4th:

And I also got a big kick out of this student's ringing endorsement:

And I was heartened to see so many considered Starry River of the Sky their new favorite book:

This was all a much-welcomed sight to my eyes! 

Thanks so much, Naubac School!