I understand the purpose of having a digital learning day to raise awareness and give Arne Duncan something to talk about, but shouldn’t every day be digital learning day. When I think about the amount of digital information I have to process and create everyday as a working professional and I think about the lack …
Part of what is hard about winter running is the inevitable cold that winter brings. Last week, I was battling a cold and although I wanted to run, I had to be cautious, so as not to knock myself out of running for 6 weeks. I’ve found over the years that the first couple of …
Since I have started back my Monday/Tuesday commuting, I am trying to be more diligent about supporting my running and cardio training with yoga. By November of last year, I was nursing a pulled hamstring again and I have no doubt (not only because the massage therapist told me) that it was because I was …
My last two runs have been group runs and I have to admit that I have been pleasantly surprised. Because running is time of reflection and refreshing for me, I hardly ask people to run with me. It’s almost sacred time. But that doesn’t mean I don’t accept invitations! So this weekend, four of us …
It was a goner before I even got there. How he got into my work bag and picked my favorite pen, I’ll never know, but the flap laid back and the tops of four of my five pens in the bag stood ready to help me work, but my favorite pen was gone. He hid …
I was overwhelmed by the words and the flowing beauty of the words that came over flowing. I had forgotten what it was like to be overwhelmed by the over flowing of words flowing out. The courage creativity of pouring out an outpouring of emotion. The joyful celebration of youth youngness and unknowing. I was …
I was excited. My schedule was free. I had the time. I was going for a long run. I took the first step. Yeah, that’s not going to happen. I stopped to walk and thought back. Six months since I bought my last running shoes. I was not going to be able to seriously run …
Whew! What a day! I forgot what it was like to attend a conference and to not have a minute to sit down. You convince yourself that you are going to get work done while you are here and then you end up even busier than you thought. I find myself exhaustingly invigorated by the …
It’s odd to me that this year is filled with teacher conferences again. I am trying to place my finger on just why that is and I am not sure if I have found it yet. Maybe it’s because I spent a year as a teacher without a classroom and have spent this year doing …
Sometimes, like today, I just need to immerse myself in a book. I need to escape from my reality, from my conflicts, from my tensions and walk around in someone else’s for awhile. As I walk with these characters and I help them figure out their conflicts, challenges and problems by reading on, I feel …
