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The Ocean’s Rocky Shore
This morning we are packing the car with bags, a cooler, kids, dogs, and sand toys for what used to be our yearly trip to the ocean. Since 2005 or so my parents started treating Husband and I (along...
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Weekly Reflections (or Killing Two Birds with One Stone)
It is a running joke in my Master’s with Certificate cohort that we reflect upon our reflections and then we reflect some more. A lot of our coursework requires us to reflect; we reflect on lesson...
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Reflections on Becoming a Teacher – 1
Today my field supervisor came into the first grade classroom I am interning in to observe me officially for the first time. It was during a time in which I was running a small reading group. I had...
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Reflections in the Classroom – 2
Yesterday was Friday. On a typical Friday I am in my practicum class in the morning then I leave after lunch to go home and cram in as much of my own schoolwork as I can in the 2.5 hours before...
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As They Say, Better Late Than Never
My latest newspaper article ran in The News Tribune on December 2nd. I have once again neglected to share this with you, so I am taking a moment to do so now. The article is a piece I wrote last year...
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Simple Sunday – Weekend at Kalaloch
This was the weekend. Every year we go and when it is over, we find ourselves planning for the next time. This was Haley’s first trip to Kalaloch, and I suspect, her first trip to the ocean. She...
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From the top of the driveway
We emptied a container of salsa during dinner this evening. As I was walking back from the recycling bin at the top of our driveway, I stopped and looked down the drive, my eyes traveling the road...
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Simple Sunday – Life in the Foreground
A little reminder to myself, that perspective, my perspective, is powerful and in my ability to control. I can choose to focus on the foreground, and let go of the background clutter as needed. In...
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100,000
Today this happened. I showed the second picture to Cody and he immediately shouted out, “You did it!” Husband’s response was more along the lines of ‘out with the old, in with the new’. It is a...
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