Yearly Archives: 2012

Other teachers are better than I am at engaging students, leading them to discoveries, and setting them on a success path of a world riveted on achievement that is measured like shoe size. I am better at seeing what kids … Continue reading →

Most women, ALL women I know are busy. This is a component of why I cherish them. I just wish we all would stop mentioning it. Being busy, I mean. I did a survey and noted it was mentioned in … Continue reading →

Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D)officially is Gabrielle Giffords, following her resignation from Congress in January 2012. But during the Democratic Convention this week, I saw her as the stateswoman she is. She was afire onstage where she recited the Pledge … Continue reading →

Our 1950’s ranch house in Elmhurst, Il was suited to recycling but Mom, Dad, two brothers and I weren’t familiar with the term. We were familiar with leftovers. Our attic ran the length of the house, which meant nothing ever … Continue reading →

Being surprised never becomes familiar. It if did, it wouldn’t BE surprise. My lastest  surprise was this week. Hope paid me a visit. For a quantity of days, the level of violence unleashed by shootings in the country I call … Continue reading →

The athletes in London are wondrous. Athletes everywhere are wondrous. Today I saw a big-shouldered man with a left leg and a prosthesis where his right leg should be, riding a mountain bike along a path, a path that skirts … Continue reading →

“Don’t get your hopes up” is not good advice. I’ve taken this advice and affirm it does NOT work. It may be okay to not get your expectations up but this is a hedge. It doesn’t work either. It is … Continue reading →

There are many reasons why folks don’t write. Lack of talent isn’t one of them. Memory is. Both fiction and nonfiction tap memory and memory is a squirrely thing. Your memory is your truth in the sense that it’s infallible. … Continue reading →