In preparation for my role at GA, I have been studying the recorded webinars that are posted on the GA orientation resources website. The most recent topic was titled "Issues of Inclusion," and I believe the points discussed in it by Marcia Mount Shoop are applicable within any council, not just the GA ( Read more... )

Yes, it has been a busy year. I was able to get my Distance Learning Earth Science course approved and certified by Quality Matters... I have arrived!

Great reads for these last 9 months have been:

Here if You Need Me by Kate Braestrup - A wonderfully written humorous and tender look at the ministry of the Chaplain to the Maine Game Warden ( Read more... )

We are getting ready to head to California, and that means we need clean clothes. So the Moth is wandering around with a laundry basket:

Moth: *rings bell* "Bring out your duds! Bring out your duds ( Read more... )

I got sidetracked with the opening of school and have not kept up with my "book reports"! In case I get no further with them, I at least want to post my thoughts on Jared Diamond's Collapse, subtitled How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. This was the most enlightening of all the books I read this summer and it tops the list of my ( Read more... )

We had planned to do a summer project over the last few months - it looked like it would be building some sort of skateboard ramp for our skater HoHo. But what he wanted and what we could fit onto the back patio (and afford) could not be worked out. So we decided that a trampline would be a good substitute ( Read more... )

I'm enjoying the last few hours of relaxation before the semester really gets going - tomorrow! My students should have their textbooks and be ready to roll. First assignments are due this week ( Read more... )