It has been a busy 96-plus hours, getting ready for the new school year. Now, at 10:47 p.m., I believe I can say that I am about as ready as I could be. Well, except for ironing my clothes, collating my syllabi, copying two other documents that I didn’t have to print out, and then [...]
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IGNITE. EVOLVE. TRANSCEND.Archive for August, 2006
It’s official. The meetings are now in full swing, and the big hand is zooming around the clock faster than I can ever remember. I am in the midst of the week before school begins, and I am feeling the ever-increasing pressure to get everything ready before Monday, the first day of school. I could [...]
Michelle, over at Smoochdog, unknowingly sent me some serendipitous karma over the weekend, and it’s been swirling in me ever since. She posted some resolutions that she’s planning on tackling before the end of the year, and they are all good goals she’s set for herself. It got me thinking about just how bad and [...]
Grab the Scavenger Hunt code. Photo Theme. Join the blogroll. Visit participants. This week’s theme: YOUTH Remember these days when soaring on a swing made you feel like you could really fly, and that there were no limits holding you back? Ah, youth! Perhaps we all need to make a playdate for ourselves and soar [...]
Where in the world did Thursday go? First, thanks to all for your kind words about the site’s new look. I wish I could take credit for the pic, but alas, I cannot. This is from a template in the WordPress directory (info is at the bottom of this page). Second, thanks also for your [...]
Do you like the change? I decided to go with a cleaner look that was easier to read and a tad more professional as I delve more deeply into making this a marketable place for my own writing and reputation as a writer. Not to mention, I’m obsessed with autumn, and the header pic is [...]
Ah, yes. The best of plans often lead to tough decisions. We were faced with such an opportunity this weekend when we traveled north for our annual blueberry-picking ritual. The temps were nearly 20 degrees lower than they were when we went picking last year, so we were all excited at the prospect of spending [...]
New routines, new demands, new opportunities, new everything…Today signifies my first day back to the classroom in preparation for the upcoming school year. I’m one of those geeky teachers that gets a little too excited about all of this….I absolutely love teaching, and this, to me, is one of the greatest times of the year. [...]
Grab the Scavenger Hunt code. Photo Theme. Join the blogroll. Visit participants. This week’s theme: Funny Happy Birthday to my son, BC, who turns 2 today! He just loves to have a lot of fun in the kitchen… :) (oh–and just to reassure all of you: the stove was not on at the time of [...]
Thirteen Things that Rus MUST do before school begins! 1. Make time to visit the ocean for a sunrise. When I was teaching in southern Maryland, I would spend the early morning before the first day teaching watching the sunrise, allowing the water to wash over my feet, feeling the sands come and go between [...]
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