Sometimes, I post pictures to let people see my life. Sometimes they are to help remind myself of an event, a time, a person. Three pics today, two of my folks’ dog, one of the lovely crocuses outside their front door. Not sure if these are more for other folks, or for me. I had […]
Month: March 2012
Professional Development?
This morning, as I do most Saturdays, I attended an online seminar from Classroom 2.0 Live! This morning, unlike many, I was away from home and partially distracted by my parents’ wonderful dog. Here he is, attending to the web seminar when I stepped away for a moment.
Science and Experience (delayed post)
I began to write this in October 2012. Here at the beginning of 2014, now finally teaching and dealing with flexible thinking as I and the family adjust to the changes of the last year, I am putting it up for comment — I do not consider this a completed piece, but a holding post […]
A lovely week so far!
I had a wonderful day today with 5th graders. Tomorrow, kindergarten for part of the day, and then a couple partial days with 5th and 4th graders. Lucky doesn’t like it when I am gone, but he likes having me home for at least part of the day! I like getting paid… It’s funny — […]
Flowers today!
Daffodils, hyacinths, little ground covers. End of winter, time to look ahead. For a view of the entry garden as it has been maturing over the last eight years, take a peek at the Garden View page. In chronological order, a series of shots taken from about the same angle over the years, with new […]
Updates: Garden and Life
It was a very wet week. Apparently we have already surpassed, halfway through the month, the previous record rainfall for the entire month. I had an unexpected chance to sub for a friend on Friday, and it went from raining sideways to full sun in half an hour. Yesterday was similarly wet, rainy-snowy-haily alternating with […]
Wet Weather Poetry
torrents of wind gusts of rain the rumble on the roof: man vs. nature
Fourth Graders
I spent the last two days with a class of fourth graders. First day: power flickered regularly for the first couple of hours, winds were strong and an announcement made AFTER students were in the building that teachers should have their walkie-talkies on standby in case the power went out… the kids were pretty on […]
Chicken Soup and the End of Winter?
Chicken soup on the stovetop, simmering away. Love the smell of garlic, chicken, herbs… a wonderful backdrop to a late winter afternoon. Today has been alternately sunny and rainy, warm (for the time of year) and chilly enough that the rain changed briefly to snow. We are on the lookout for snow overnight as well, […]
Saturday Fun
I suppose I have a strange idea of fun… Looked forward to this all week, actually – woke up at 6, in Tacoma by 7:30, judged four flights in three rounds of individual events at the State Speech Tournament.