S. Belle Speaks Out

Oct 29, 2023

SPRINGHEADS the novel taps the lore of the Moon-Eyed People

A statue that appears to depict moon-eyed people on display at the Cherokee County Historical Museum. For those readers of Mary Jo Dyre's...

Mary Jo Dyre

Feb 19, 2023

Little Girl Beach Moment

No matter how many trips around the sun I make, the big girl in me knows there is no fun quite like that of a carefree little girl...

Mary Jo Dyre

Feb 12, 2023

The River of Life: Navigate It Well

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? " Mary Oliver The S. Belle list of top three to do's: Tell...

Please, No Agendas Piled on the Plates at this Table

Mary Jo Dyre

Feb 3, 2023

Please, No Agendas Piled on the Plates at this Table

Responses come in and questions are raised around the S. Belle conversation that started with a FB post on MLK Day. A book list of "must...

Mary Jo Dyre

Jan 27, 2023

The Dam Broke

From The Hardest Deal of All: Introduction: September 12, 1966, began as a rainy Monday morning in Grenada, a town in central Mississippi...

Mary Jo Dyre

Jan 24, 2023

The First Kiss from a January Daffodil

This pop of yellow ... still holding back from full opening ... showed itself yesterday on a cold, blustery, winter walk complete with...

Mary Jo Dyre

Jan 20, 2023

Not Too Late to Speak Out

I was not prepared for the emotional dam that broke with the picture Nanette Laster shared on an early post the morning of Monday,...

Mary Jo Dyre

Mar 3, 2022

School Maker Faire...it's back!

The Learning Center Charter School hosted its first School Maker Faire on March 10, 2016. This year's SMF is scheduled for March 10,...

Mary Jo Dyre

Feb 24, 2022

BLU SKY INITIATIVE

The Mystery

I write She paints. The land and its history speak to both of us. Let yourself go deep into the detailed subtleties of brushstrokes...

Gathering dandelions in knee-high grass to crafting flower crowns in her own business...

Mary Jo Dyre

Feb 22, 2022

Gathering dandelions in knee-high grass to crafting flower crowns in her own business...

Every time I find myself winding down the two-lane road between Brasstown and my childhood home, I am always taken back in time. As I...

Mary Jo Dyre

Feb 17, 2022

BLU SKY INITIATIVE

"I've Believed"

Alice, having made the tumble that landed her in the fantastical kingdom of Wonderland, naturally had questions and concerns as to how...

Mary Jo Dyre

Feb 15, 2022

No Words Needed

Mary Jo Dyre

Feb 10, 2022

BLU SKY INITIATIVE

Averages versus Individuals

This past summer I started working with a daring, visionary person from the nearby town of Andrews. NC. When I first extended the...

Mary Jo Dyre

Feb 8, 2022

Imagination "Let Loosed"

No luck finding pictures from the first-ever Learning Center Sweetheart Ball, but we nailed the details. The soon-to-become annual event...

Mary Jo Dyre

Feb 3, 2022

BLU SKY INITIATIVE

"Model" Captures our Mission

Lifting verbiage from Terada Mokei, a small paper craft company, "Replicas and models are often confused for one another. Replicas are...

Mary Jo Dyre

Feb 1, 2022

As Requested: Another Hargett Story

Callie Hargett Archer, one of Ms. Karen's Montessori students at the Ogden School location, stirred these strong memories of this young...

Mary Jo Dyre

Jan 27, 2022

BLU SKY INITIATIVE

Education Defined:"An Aid to Life"

OPEN EDUCATION, NEIGHBORHOOD LIVING, AND PUBLIC HEALTH drive the bold goals of the BLU SKY INITIATIVE. Each element deserves more...

Mary Jo Dyre

Jan 25, 2022

Help, please, with a memory!

Every January, from the year 2001 through 2020, the school moved into the Sweetheart Ball preparation mode. All around "sweethearts"...

Mary Jo Dyre

Jan 20, 2022

BLU SKY INITIATIVE

Coming Into Its Own

Bold and daring, based on Three Essential Elements: Open Education Neighborhood Living Public Health BLU SKY INITIATIVE: Dedicated to...

Mary Jo Dyre

Jan 18, 2022

Lessons Learned from an Orange Ball

I created the art closet, arranged with paper, paints and brushes, all placed at the perfect height for my three year old to reach when...

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