Becca Kello

My primary question as I enter seminary is whether or not I will be able to use the type of creativity that leads me to attach streamers to an untied balloon to demonstrate how an octopus moves in the ocean. Also, will my fellow seminarians be nearly as entertained the five-year-olds in my class?

Jewelry in an empty protein bar box…I like to play jump rope with gender stereotypes. (Taken with instagram)

Achievements

I believe in the principles of minimalism, but am a tender-hearted pack rat who obsesses about what will happen if I don’t have a slip of paper from 1989. I could easily tip into a hoarder if I let myself go. I’m moving in the next few months, so I’m trying to take the anyContinue reading “Achievements”

I was that kid that had an eraser collection; time to give it up? (Taken with instagram)

one3productions: Reinvented Game – Rock, Paper, Scissors, Spock, Lizard Venkman, geektyrant.com Here’s a diagram for a reinvention of the classic game Rock, Paper, Scissors. Spock and Lizard have now been added to the mix of hand weapons that you can chose from to do battle with. This is how I’ll be play the game fromContinue reading

Giving away my seasonal decorations makes the graduation goggles of leaving teaching already difficult. (Taken with instagram)

textsfromhillaryclinton: Original image by Diana Walker for Time.

This is by far one of my most favorite paintings. Every year my church pulls out a small set of paintings done by one of the members that displays fe 12 Stations of the Cross. This one, elicited some sort of emotional response that can only be expressed by pausing my breathing. There is suchContinue reading

Poetry can be dangerous, especially beautiful poetry, because it gives the illusion of having had the experience without actually going through it. Rumi (via fuckyeahrumi)

Reduced lunch, poverty, and the lack of stigma.

Our playground was old. Wooden seesaws that would give you splinters if you weren’t careful. Metal merry-go-rounds that during the summer, would literally burn your skin if you sat down on it….but you didn’t care because the metal one went fast. Ancient oak trees lined the back border of our playground, and when the teachersContinue reading “Reduced lunch, poverty, and the lack of stigma.”