Bianca, A Haiku

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Caught in the folds of her blanket

watching the sun drift across the lake

she imagines herself

as a sunset - beautiful.

(Lexington)

Diamond Middle School Grades 7-8 Fall Concert 2013

Diamond Middle School
Lexington, MA
(http://lps.lexingtonma.org/diamondms)
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My granddaughter Bianca plays viola in the school orchestra. Those who already know Bianca will recognize her at the end when all musicians raise to thank the public for the applause.

(video by Andrei Radulescu-Banu)

(Lexington)

Bianca in a School Concert

Diamond Junior High School, Lexington, MA
photo by John M. Sullivan
(http://www.panoramio.com/photo/11178557)
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I have already told you that my granddaughter Bianca is a student in the Diamond Junior High School and she plays the viola in the school orchestra. Here is a recent concert.

(video by Andrei Radulescu-Banu)

(video by Andrei Radulescu-Banu)

(video by Andrei Radulescu-Banu)

(Lexington)

Funny Movies Made by Kids

My granddaughters Bianca and Daria, together with their friends, playing in funny movies made by themselves. Enjoy!

Bollywood Brunettes.mov

Super Brunettes.mov

(Lexington)

A Poem by My Granddaughter Bianca

(http://www.phs.d211.org/Athletics/CC/GCC/archive%20-%20Fall%202010.htm)
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Windy Winter

Chilling wind is everywhere,
In my breath and in my sleigh
And I see one polar bear.

It is not polite to stare,
Yet he does it anyway,
Chilling wind is everywhere

Fur like his is very rare
But most of his fur is gray
And I see one polar bear.

He senses fear in the air,
If it's mine, I cannot say
Chilling wind is everywhere

He comes close, but I don't dare
To arouse from where I lay,
Since I see one polar bear.

Disappears, and doesn't care
If he lost his lunch today
Chilling wind is everywhere
And I see one polar bear.

(http://bianca-journal.blogspot.com/)

This is called a villanelle poem. Its second lines rhyme, and the first and third rhyme. The first and third rhymes repeat in the last line of each stanzas, alternating, except for the last stanza. In the last, it has four lines, and therefore has both endings.

(http://bianca-journal.blogspot.com/)

(Lexington)

A Modern Christmas Carol at the Hancock Church

Hancock United Church of Christ, Congregational, Lexington MA
photo by John Phelan
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hancock_United_Church_of_Christ,_Lexington_MA.jpg)
no copyright infringement intended

The kids from Lexington, MA in a one-time performance of a modern Christmas Carol, at the Hancock Church. My two granddaughters were in the show. You would recognize them. Daria was in the choir, very formally dressed, with white shirt and tie, all that stuff. As for Bianca, she was also in the play: look for the young lady with furry boats. I'm wondering whether May, Bianca's good friend, was not in the play, too. It seem to me that she was, the girl with a very open smile (wait a little: all of them had open smiles, so... okay, one of them).

1/3
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2/3
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3/3
(video by bitdribble)

(Lexington)

My Granddaughter Bianca in the School Orchestra

Diamond Junior High School, Lexington, MA
photo by John M. Sullivan
(http://www.panoramio.com/photo/11178557)
no copyright infringement intended

As most of you know, I am the proud grandfather of Bianca and Daria. I will talk today about Bianca. She is a student in the Diamond Junior High School and she plays the viola in the school orchestra. They had a concert and here are 3 videos: Bianca is the second in the second right row.

Mozart, Viennese Sonatina in C Major
Andante and Allegro
arr. by Clifford P. Barnes
(video by bitdribble)

Flop-Eared Mule, Traditional American
arr. Andrew Dabczynski
(video by bitdribble)

One Hand, One Heart from West Side Story, Leonard Bernstein
arr. Robert Longfield
(video by bitdribble)

(Lexington)

Trecuti prin Ciur si prin Darmon

(http://verovers.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/anexa-la-o-fotografie-pentru-martanul-din-viata-mea/)

In curand cele doua nepoate ale mele, Bianca si Daria, vor primi in dar o pisicuta. Tatal lor (si fiul meu totodata) se tot opunea, dar pana la urma a cedat. Nu poti ignora la nesfarsit rugamintile Biancai si Dariei.

Va intra o pisicuta in casa lor, deci. Si va sta acolo multi ani, si va deveni si ea batrana si smechera, trecuta prin ciur si prin darmon, ca martanul din versurile de mai sus: o poezie ce am gasit-o intr-un blog (http://verovers.wordpress.com/).

Bine, bine, acum, ce este ciur, cam stim toti. Nu prea stim ce este darmon. Chiar am avut o discutie cu o verisoara (am fost cu ea in vizita la familia baiatului meu), care si-a propus sa se uite in seara asta prin dictionare.

M-am uitat si eu: darmonul e un ciur mai mare, cuvantul ne vine in romana din neogreaca (δερμόνι sau δρομόνι), printr-o filiera bulgara.

(http://dexonline.ro/definitie/d%C3%A2rmon)

(A Life in Books)

Start of Christmas Time in Lexington

It's December, Christmas time started. The video was recorded in Lexington, MA.

We were to buy the Christmas tree and we went to the Christmas City (if you didn't know, there is such a city in Lexington).

I did not have my camera, so I asked my son Andrei to record the video for me. Thus it's the only video where you can see me too. At the end you can see my two granddaughters, Bianca and Daria.

(Lexington)

Family Scenes

- Daria-

- Bianca -

and two smiles of Daria:

(Lexington)

Christmas Party at Lexington

Kids, parents, and grandparents together. Let's see, can you recognize my two granddaughters?

(Lexington)