On this cold Saturday, the females of the house found ourselves consumed by the tale of three well meaning, sea-faring thieves (call us Robin Hoods of the Oceanlands). Inspired by a map of Narnia (Madi has began the journey into Narnia! And her parents are saved from Dr. Suess re-runs), we constructed costumes, a ship, and scenarios involving desperate animals in need of heros.
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| Madi fixes her eye patch as I take time away from my telescope to check our coordinates. |
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| Madi returns from a journey saving the animals of... err... the Serengeti of Narnia. The wheel is a master's carving, decorated with gems and fabric from lands that lay far East of the Silk Road (found at a dollar store nearest you). |
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| Madi's idea- she wanted "a flag that flapped". I kept trying scarves, but they didn't flow to her liking. So we tried toilet paper. It fluttered in the north winds (aided by our summer fan dug from deep storage). |
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| What is it about pirates and children? What do you think: Are they villains sanitized purely for our children's amusement? Or is it our twisted way of empathizing with the marginalized who's basic survival is too often criminalized- and punished without impunity? |
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| Lily had a tendency to rip the ship apart, but she managed to play a critical part in Madi and my script: the baby lost at sea who we saved at the expense of ourselves (and our sanity). |
2 comments:
"Empathizing with the marginalized"-- ha! I like that. Yes, I suppose our society has always tended to (further) marginalize those who rape, murder, pillage and burn. Especially those who do it NOT under the auspices of sanctioned governmental wars.
Personally, I think it's the lingo that's so endearingly attributed to those scalliwags: Yar, me hearties, and the like. Also, who doesn't want a hero missing various appendages?
well said- well said, me lady!
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