Peaceful Chaos

Here's the crazy deal. I’m out at Champoeg (pronounced Shampooey) State Park in November. It's Oregon November so you can guess the weather. Wet. But I’m sitting in front of my campfire staring up into the most beautiful starry night sky. The deluge of the day has given way to awesome calm. I’ve got four boys gaming it up in a cabin behind me, celebrating my second son's eighth birthday. The air has a washed clean smell and the wood smoke from the fire has scented me with it's fragrance. There's an overall peace I feel at being here. My challenge, though, is to retain it in a few moments when l enter the testosterone den and try to calm the boys to bed. I think Newton's first law of motion came from observing 7 and 8 year old boys. They may actually be perpetual motion when gathered in packs. I'll take a last deep breath. Okay. Here I go.

For more Newton: http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/louviere/Newton/law1.html