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16 and disarray

May 17th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, retirement, time, Work

I was really struck yesterday by the sheer disarray of my house!  And then I realized that it’s pretty normal for end of semester crazies – and that this is the last end of semester crazies!   End of semester celebrations, finals, huge final projects to grade, many pieces of paper to sort, file and hand […]

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34 and a week!

April 28th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Children, College students, Education, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning

Well, okay, somewhere, and I know where, more than a few days went by!  This, however, is what my life usually looks like!  What did I do in that time that claimed my time?  Let’s see: taught classes, supervised student teachers, spent the day in NYC getting there via a bus trip that the Art […]

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43, 42 and skills

April 21st, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, family, Musings, retirement, time

I found this website/blog by Bob Lowry today and really liked his question:  “Do you lack the necessary skills to retire?”   Although, truth be told, I would have asked it as “Do you have the necessary skills to retire?”  I spent a few minutes looking at blogs about retirement and soon tired of the topics: […]

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45 and the next generation of teachers

April 18th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Children, College students, Education, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning

Last night I went to the Greenfield Center School‘s Variety Show.  I was witness to the most talented, creative and lovely acts ever – musical acts put together by children of all ages, and in many cases written by them.  They played and sang music with each other, with family members, and with their teachers.  […]

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53 and a duck

April 9th, 2014 · 1 Comment · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, family, Grandparents, Musings, My Goals, retirement, Work

Now that the announcements has been made of who has earned the title Professor Emeritus at my college, I have to admit I am disappointed that one of them is not me.  I knew it wouldn’t be; even if simply that it requires 15 years of service, and I only have 14 years in.  I […]

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