I don’t quite know how to start this story, because no matter what I say or how I say it, you’re gonna either think I’m crazy, that I need to get on some ADD medication, or that I’ve got supernatural powers. Either way,… Continue Reading
I have been way too quiet about the arts in education for way too long. I know this is a kind of a bully pulpit and have tried to respect that, BUT, I feel the need to mount my proverbial… Continue Reading
Eleven years ago Laurie and I returned from Eritrea, Africa. While there, any morning we could follow our noses to a bakery. Getting fresh warm whole-wheat rolls wasn’t anything special. It was ordinary and expected. Upon returning to the States,… Continue Reading
To be alive in the world is to possess a priceless gift of self-awareness. Usually we take this for granted. We are not normally in awe of the fact. It is easy to yawn and shrug at the incredible and stunning truth that we are alive on a round rock that is rotating at a 1000 miles an hour at the equator. Continue Reading
I am terrified of fire. A lot more terrified than I let on most of the time. But I don’t think my fear of fire is unwarranted, nor do I think it’s unhealthy. I have what I am going to… Continue Reading
You’ve probably heard the philosophy that if only you would just pursue your passions and live your dreams, then your business would fall into place and making money would finally and easily, start to happen. Do what you love, right?… Continue Reading
My narcissism showed up early, like many of us, I suppose. I remember telling my mother when I was in kindergarten to save all my papers because someday I will be “great” and those papers will be important. We lived… Continue Reading
The phrase “tote-bag hell” was first coined during the 1970s for those interminable weeks when public television programming was interrupted every six minutes to beg the viewers to pledge money. In exchange, the pledger received a “token of appreciation” –… Continue Reading
I’m a little disappointed in myself right now. About two months ago I heard a song for the first time at a friend’s party that gave me a great idea for a column. It required a little research, which I… Continue Reading
“I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree … “ Boy, that Joyce Kilmer knew whereof he spoke. In this part of the state, trees are an ever present part of our existence but one… Continue Reading
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