The Non-Post
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Archive for August, 2009
Safe Places
Let’s start with the facts: It was a school day. I was in my sophomore year. In general, life was pretty difficult. That’s everyone in high school, though. Right? Thinking back on it now I couldn’t possibly tell you what class I was in at the time. I couldn’t tell you what I was wearing [...]
(500) Days of Love & Haiku
It’s high time I took in a movie and “(500) Days of Summer” hit the nail on the head for me in many ways: I wanted something I could simultaneously laugh at and something that resemble real life love/romance/disappointment. So, because the movie quoted Arthur Miller’s assessment of getting over a woman (write about her) [...]
F.D.O.S.
For as long as I can remember being a teacher I have written the letters F.D.O.S. on my lesson plan book to mark the First Day of School. Now that I’m an assistant principal I don’t have a lesson plan book anymore, but those letters still make their way to my calendar. I can’t break [...]
Multiple Personali- Uh, Paragraphs
Who said that all paragraphs need to have cohesion? Oh, all my former English teachers. Well, they didn’t have a blog and I do SO THERE. One of the fun things about writing is that you can have all sorts of categories. I went to dinner with a new friendĀ Jeannette (who does, indeed, eat more [...]
Guess Who Called Me?
NPR called. I have just always wanted to say something like that. As if they had my personal number and just picked up the phone to chit-chat over some Fair Trade vanilla coffee and a chocolate chip biscotti and tell me that they wanted to interview me. It doesn’t really happen that way, but you [...]
Dinnertime Morsels With Jesus
Instituting a Mandatory Sit-Down Dinner with real utensils and a colorful plate (see: must include a green vegetable) (see also: everyone seems to like broccoli) (see finally: a happy mom) is something to which I aspire but can’t seem to pull off on a regular basis. I should do it more often because the conversations [...]
I’m Elsewhere Today
I’m not here today. Don’t mind me. I’m just stopping in to tell you that I’m elsewhere. First, I’m here at ConnectEd. And it wasn’t just today. But a while ago I was interviewed about education and spoke to the writer of this article. Even though it was published back in June (waayyyy back in [...]
Dr. Sunshine
Generally speaking, life is pretty happy for me. A few years ago I remember making the decision to be joyful. Willfully joyful. Basically, I was going to choose joy every single day. Some days are hard but they’re not always impossible and if I try hard enough I can find something to be joyful about. [...]
Updates in an Updatey Way
Think of these as snippets from my brain. This is also known as The Lazy Way Out. Yes, I realize it’s the most wonderful time of the year for some folks. What I’m saying is that some parents are more than a little excited to be sending their cherubs back to school in my care. [...]