These warm and easy days of Summer give me time to try new things and well… love them. These days I am loving a few new things that help keep the world and myself a little more healthy and happy. Stainless Steel Straws I don’t use a ton of straws in my daily life, but…
It’s Slice of Life time with Two Writing Teachers! A story from the story well… The first chapter book I ever read by myself, from front cover to back cover, every single page, understanding the whole thing without any help, was The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary. I remember the day I finished…
It’s SOLSC Tuesday! It’s time! It’s for me to share the #1 person I would follow to an ashram anywhere. Click here and here to see what the heck I’m talking about. So, super duper, a-number one, longest standing person I would follow to an ashram anywhere is… Edgar Martinez–retired designated hitter for the Seattle…
It’s SOLSC Tuesday! photo by Raveesh Vyas on Flickr Back in the day (okay, last month), I mentioned that Sir Ken Robinson was one of the three people I would follow to an ashram anywhere. I was asked who the other two might be. I didn’t answer. And this is why. There are only two left. All of…
I am taking part in the Slice of Life Story Challenge with Two Writing Teachers. For this challenge I will be attempting to write a “Slice of Life” post each day in the month of March and each Tuesday after that. Part of my new-found love for math centers around it’s elegance and ineffability. Last weekend…
It is my work right now to find a love for math. I need to love math and the teaching of math as much as I love the teaching of writing. Well… okay, let’s not get all crazy now. I do need to love it though. I need to embrace new learning around math, absorb…
I am taking part in the Slice of Life Story Challenge with Two Writing Teachers. For this challenge I will be attempting to write a “Slice of Life” post each day in the month of March and each Tuesday after that. My New Favorites Things are coming fast and furious these days… New Favorite Quote: “The…
Writing a post in 140 character segments. @Dad wonders if severe word limits diminish communication. #solvingworldproblemsoverdinner He suggests brevity isn’t always preferred. I say synthesis is a higher order thinking skill. #dadsfirstfishtaco #macandcheeseforme Language is an act of negotiating meaning, he says. I wonder, isn’t that what we do here? Negotiate meaning in a small…
I lost a day. I must have put it down somewhere and forgot where I left it. I bet I was holding on to it when I got the mail or switched over the laundry or took out the garbage. Maybe I did that thing where you put the milk in the cereal cupboard, the…
I am taking part in the Slice of Life Story Challenge with Two Writing Teachers. For this challenge I will be attempting to write a “Slice of Life” post each day in the month of March and each Tuesday after that. I am not a good mistake-maker. It isn’t that I don’t do it well. I’m…
Wear The Cape 