Clover had a reading mentor named Mr. Jack, and e was a powerful force in Clover’s life for the last year. C got a goodie bag, and among the items were markers and a dry erase board.
Oh, I found an old file called cloverisms.md, so I’ll be parsing that out over time. It means not all of them are contemporary. Here’s a great question:
I was showing a neighbor a pen (it happens a lot these days!) and mentioned the reason I use a subtle grid paper is because I like writing in different orientations, so lines are limiting, while a blank page doesn’t guide me enough and my writing becomes inconsistent and difficult to transcribe later.
Okay, next morning, Clover is sitting, um, “next” to me on the couch. Sometimes on me, sometimes on the couch, sometimes over there, sometimes just a single foot on the couch.
m: Clover, do you need this pillow to help you sit on the couch.
C: No, I need room. I’m like how you write on paper, but on couches.
I immediately knew what e meant, it’s so funny! Our minds map reality in interesting ways.
Wow, Clover is going through a phase that I really love! Ran out here and said:
C: maiki, I know what my destiny is! I’m going to be a cancer researcher! m’s jaw goes slack due to rapid heart swelling.
m: That’s awesome!
C: They say it’s hard, but I’m like, ‘I can do hard work!’
We are searching for stuff in a book. Clover is reading the lists, and sometimes words are new or in a weird typeface. So, while reading a list of items to me…
Clover: “…and a cow holding a ball.”
maiki:
m: A cow holding a ball? That says a clown.
C: Oh, ha! That makes so much more sense!
m: Does it though?
C: Yeah, why would a cow have a ball, maiki?
Clover: Are teenagers allowed to cross the street by themselves?
maiki: Yes.
C: But they’re kids!
m: Mmm-hmmm.
C: What is a teenager?
m:
m: Someone whose age ends in, “teen”.
C:
C: What about the, “-ager”?