PF Potvin

4th Grade Logic featured as PBS NewsHour Weekly Poem

pfpotvin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:00:56 +0000

I wrote this piece several years ago when I tutored with America Reads in an elementary school. One day a student I was working with proclaimed something about dogs and bones and dinosaurs, which got me buzzing about my recent trip to the Natural History Museum at the University of Michigan. When I visited the museum, a ‘birds of prey’ exhibit was flying. Although awed by the snowy white owl, I couldn’t quite work it into the piece.

4th Grade Logic

4th Grade Logic from The Attention Lesson

Lord of Ghouls: Andy Kehoe

pfpotvin — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 01:06:12 +0000

If you’re not already in the know, the password is Kehoe. Here’s a sample of his fab work hanging on my wall (along with several of his other prints). Check out more of his goods on his site.

Lord of Ghouls

America’s Wild and Scenic Rivers – Pictures, More From National Geographic Magazine

pfpotvin — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:45:40 +0000

America’s Wild and Scenic Rivers – Pictures, More From National Geographic Magazine.

In The Year of Our Ford…

pfpotvin — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:42:50 +0000

Fresh back from an auto history walking tour and tour of the Piquette Plant with my U of M-Dearborn students. For those outside the know, this was the birthplace of the model T and other models of Ford cars. The museum also boasts a vast array of vintage autos, including the GT that broke the land speed record a few years back, and informative exhibits on the individuals involved in transforming the face of industrial history.

You can paint it any color, so long as it's black

Kicking the Leaves

pfpotvin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:53:11 +0000

Out the dining room window the trees are winking yellow to orange to red. It’s my son’s first fall and he’s bright-eyed in his blue-eared hat. Time for pops to show him a thing or two about kicking the leaves.

Papa’s Got a Brand New

pfpotvin — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:21:46 +0000

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