Here he is, just after the Marvin Hamlisch tribute at the Seattle Pops. That’s our boy!
Month: February 2013
Anniversaries and Aging
Many years ago this morning we welcomed Grant into our family. One of my favorite memories will always be Matthew being lifted onto the hospital bed and patting Grant gently while saying, “Welcome, Granville Grant.” He had been looking forward to being a big brother for nearly half his life, and he was such a […]
Long, Lazy Day Off
I woke up late, played around with Lucky, got some laundry going and cleaned up around the sewing machine. It isn’t bright enough to work where I have the sewing table, so I set up shop in the kitchen. It took about 5 hours, start to finish — 8 with the breaks I took. It […]
My classroom, and stidkid
Tom helped me set up anther computer for the room today. And I finished rearranging the tables. It is looking better, hopefully there are some good improvements in my technique as well. The last pic is of Mother and Grant with Tom in the background at the Solo and Ensemble day last weekend. He got […]
Past Eleven and STILL Up
Some nights I find it harder to get to sleep than others. Tonight, apparently is one of them.
Techdate: crosspost from LiveJournal
This is a crosspost from the online journal I keep mostly for technology-related posts. However, this is also about teaching, and perhaps explains (along with daily grading of papers, lesson-planning, meetings and tracking down experienced teachers to bounce ideas off…) why I have been posting irregularly and rather poorly the last two months. I owe […]
Three weeks in…
I have just finished planning for the fourth week of my tenure in 7th grade. I had a series of very long, difficult days in the past two weeks. Conferences with parents and students who are at risk of not being able to go on to 8th grade. Learning a little bit more about how […]