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Update
Hey Ya'll....I've been spending some time on my new blog lately..so check it out when you have a chance! It's a little bit of everything: thoughts on Montessori, education and child development, interesting articles or videos I find, personal reflection, photographs and poetry...basically, little bits of inspiration from the many different parts of ( Read more... ) -
The End of An Era
Well, folks, the time has come...
I've decided to transition from using a combination of LiveJournal and Blogger to just having one blog on WordPress...
The new blog will house my personal updates, but it will also be the compost pile of my musings on various topics of interest.
I will have a link on the side to my old LiveJournal, which I’ll still ( Read more... ) -
Student Teaching
Well, I'm halfway into my second week of student teaching in Madison. It's been an exhausting and somewhat frustrating experience and I haven't had time to sit down and really reflect on how it's going. My brain is so fried at the end of the day that I really only have energy to come home (which is Brian's grandmother's house in Madison) and sleep ( Read more... ) -
Back to School!
Wow. It's like I never left. Classes started today for the second of three summers. It's going to be wild and crazy intense, but fun. I think ( Read more... ) -
I. Love. My. Life!
It's been a busy, busy week and I won't burden people with more lists, but really, I just can't stop gushing about my new job! [Insert choir of angels here]
I've been teaching the lower el kids songs that I learned in 6th grade from an artist in residence we had named Russell Packard. We made this CD of folksongs from around the world, which I've ( Read more... ) -
Spring is here!
Never mind that it's still February--the daffodils are up and that's all that matters!
We walked to the park near school this afternoon and it was just gorgeous--not a cloud in the sky!
Here are 10 reasons why I love my life right now. I like to do this every now and then, just to remind myself that it's all good. In no particular order:
- It's getting ( Read more... )
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Walking Home on a Sunday Afternoon in Portland, Late February
I pass doors thrown open, vacuums humming vigorously,
spring cleaning in full force.
Rugs are taken outside to be shaken free of dust and lethargy,
winter doldrums and ash from the fireplace.
Intimate nights huddled together in the dark are exchanged for
strolls outside, coats and scarves ( Read more... ) -
Livin' it up!
Today was a perfect example of why I love living in Portland. It was a gorgeous sunny day, which granted, is an anomaly in January. But whatever. It was clear and warm and I didn't need a jacket at all! Brian and I headed downtown this morning so he could meet with his capstone project group and I could run errands.
One of our Christmas presents ( Read more... )