I mentioned that I write mainly about traveling and the big and little pieces of our daily lives that stitch together the fabric of our community. Travel improves communities, opens eyes and minds, helps you see things in a different light, causes cracks in rigidity, pushes beyond the comfort zone, challenges all the senses. Take, …
Either can serve a purpose, succeed or fail. Either can be shared or trashed. I see Blogging as a business, educational, or entertainment tool where you, the reader, get something of value. I see Blabbing as sharing my suffering with unsuspecting readers. So, if you ever catch me blabbing, call me on it. Thunder will roll, and lightening will …
One out of every five people in the U.S. cannot read (illiterate) or can just barely read (functionally illiterate). Almost two out of 3 fourth graders read below grade level and that number holds true for students graduating from high school (National Center for Educational Statistics). Alabama has the lowest literacy rate, followed by Florida, …
Dear Carl Love, in just 127 poignant pages, you have defined what teaching is all about. I had no intention of spending a huge chunk of time this weekend reading and rereading this thin volume. However, you drew me in and I found myself reminiscing about my own teaching career. You are right: the essence …
I almost did my usual thing: rushing through FB posts to check in with people, to learn something new, to rail against something I disagree with, cheer with the like-minded. But I do rush. I don’t feel I have time to spend sharing with others that I’m sitting on my patio drinking coffee. That’s why …
It’s really my daughters’ faults that have lead me, naively and hesitantly, to blogging. I don’t precisely mean their “fault” faults (at least in this first blog); I mean their persistence, their caring, and their expertise. They actually know about these things and think it’s critical that I do, too. They understand my technological impairments …