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Woke up at 3:20ish this morning to the 6.0 earthquake... fortunately my town is far enough south that we got a long, rolling motion rather than a sharp motion that does damage. Husband slept through it, the twit, but our daughter and I were awake for quite a while, due to the aftershocks. Family members and friends closer to Napa have checked in ( Read more... ) -
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I spent an hour standing on a beach today watching grey whales swim around and humpback whales feed on anchovies in the harbor mouth, along with harbor seals, sea lions, pelicans, two types of gulls, cormorants, and terns. Seeing these huge backs, fins, and tails break the surface in what seems like slow motion is just awe inspiring, and then when ( Read more... ) -
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School is over for the year. Five days until I get set up for summer school ( Read more... ) -
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Kind of sad this week to see and hear comments from people online and in my RL that ridicule transgender people. Most seem to claim that they don't exist and that they are Wrong if they say are transgender (and that those of us who accept and love them are delusional). I have had and have students and friends who are transgender, and it was only ( Read more... ) -
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Open House is done. *thud*. Watching my kids finish their projects this afternoon in my history classes was sort of fun...lots of shrieking, giggling, and problem solving. Only a little whining ( Read more... ) -
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Earlier this year, I had a project funded to get my students a classroom library shelf of graphic novels, and thanks to some generous folks online, it got funded pretty quickly. There was literal leaping with joy in my classroom when the boxes arrived, and lots of impatience for things to be unpacked. Since then, many of my students have been ( Read more... ) -
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Note from yesterday, a family sort of day...
Ah, a lovely end to an day in Monterey, going to the Monterey Bay Aquarium and walking along the path by the ocean, hand in hand, with our teenage daughter 20 paces behind and complaining loudly between giggling spells how totally embarrassing we are. -
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Typical familial conversation for around here on the phone:
My sister: "so this is sort of tangential..."
Me: "that's fine...I live in the house of non-sequitors, so tangential is sort of a relief..." -
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Happy birthday, ansostuff! I know it is probably over where you are, but I finally have a moment, and I hope your day was lovely. *HUG ( Read more... ) -
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Goodness...a lot of birthdays of late, and I hope that piplover and magickalmolly had lovely days with friends and/or family, music, and good food somewhere in there in celebration!