After a morning student teacher observation visit, hubby and I played hooky! Drive a bit south to see a few great exhibits at the Springfield (MA) Museums! A little rain didn’t spoil the day of art, lunch at the cafe and yogurt on the way home! How does one play hooky in retirement?
Entries Tagged as '100 Days Project'
40 and playing hooky
April 23rd, 2014 · Comments Off on 40 and playing hooky · 100 Days Project, eating, Museums, Musings, retirement
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41and nature
April 22nd, 2014 · Comments Off on 41and nature · 100 Days Project, Children, College students, Education, Musings, Reading, retirement
It really struck me today that I’m six classes away from the end of my adult teacher education teaching career. I walked the two miles to work on a beautiful spring day enjoying the college’s many marshes and ducks coming to spend their spring with us. In early childhood curriculum class we talked about one […]
Tags: Children·family·Louv·Nature·reading·teaching·woods·Work
43, 42 and skills
April 21st, 2014 · Comments Off on 43, 42 and skills · 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: […]
44 and plans
April 19th, 2014 · Comments Off on 44 and plans · 100 Days Project, family, Musings, My Goals, retirement, time
Sooner or later I’m going to die, but I’m not going to retire. Margaret Mead The closer I get to “retirement,” the more I really understand why it was so hard for my father. He had his first heart attack in his 40s, and although he didn’t have many more – remarkably given that he […]
45 and the next generation of teachers
April 18th, 2014 · Comments Off on 45 and the next generation of teachers · 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. […]
Tags: Children·family·learning·music·passion·retirement·teaching