Friday, August 31, 2012  Your Top 5 Leisure Activities
Learning the skill of leisure fascinates me. Some children
understand how to excel in leisure; they use free time for pure
enjoyment in ways that don't harm themselves or others. Other
children need help learning how.  My friend comments that the
default leisure activity for many children--of all abilities--is
television and video games, so part of her curriculum involves
helping students discover leisure skills that keep them moving
and engaged.   I'm inspired again to walk in the woods, bake
cakes, paint, read novels, take bubble baths, complete puzzles,
build forts, take photographs, and try out new things I might
enjoy. A therapist once told me I should--at any given moment--
be able to list 5 leisure activities I enjoy.  Some folks can't.
There's a skill to leisure, and I want to do it well.  Here are
my top five: 1.  Reading with a cup a coffee in my rocking chair
2.  Photographing very small things 3.  Taking a bubble bath 4. 
Walking around the