When someone asks me why I teach my first answer is because I genuinely enjoy it. No one should ever teach if they don’t. It’s not the kind of job you can call it in when you aren’t up to it. If you’re good at what you do, you have to bring your whole self […]
What I Learned When The Room Started Spinning
I haven’t posted a new blog in a couple of weeks. It’s rare but when that happens it causes me angst. I preach consistency in content creation. And I get mad at myself when I don’t walk the walk. But this time I had my reasons. For starters I have been running a full schedule and working on […]
My Green-Eyed Monster
Here I sit with no shortage of topics to write about or projects to delve into. It is snowing outside with no signs of letting up until early tomorrow morning – or so says the weather report. Which should mean that cozy in the confines of my home/office this should be a very productive day. […]
Why I Am Not Making Any New Year’s Resolutions for 2014
It’s been years since I’ve made a New Year’s Resolution. I gave them up long ago. Mostly because I hate the word. It’s not very sexy or inspiring or very motivating. It implies doom. Which has everything to do with why they don’t work.Resolving to do something sounds very patriarchal. Rigid. Without flexibility. In other […]
Gratitude Does Not Need A Holiday
As far as holidays go, Thanksgiving ranks among my favorite. There’s no pressure to buy gifts. No religious affiliation. No preparation besides the actual meal. Thanksgiving is easy. It’s about sitting around watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, pretending football is of any importance and […]
Where I Was The Day Kennedy Was Shot
It would be my stage debut in a Friday morning assembly in which my fourth-grade class would perform our play. The premise was that a martian comes to earth and an entire school class goes on a trip to Mars. A far fetched idea in 1963. A man had not yet landed on the Moon […]
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