I had the pleasure of being an 8 year old’s adopted grandmother this morning. My granddaughter, who attends a private school, has a best friend who attends the public school. They met in the kindergarten year at the private school. The best friend doesn’t have any local grandparents, and so I was honored to be […]
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93 days and grandparents
February 28th, 2014 · Comments Off on 93 days and grandparents · 100 Days Project, Children, Education, family, Grandparents, Musings, retirement, Work
Tags: aging·Children·community·daughter·family·grandparent·learning·New England·reading·retirement·school·teaching·Work
99 days, and I am counting.
February 23rd, 2014 · Comments Off on 99 days, and I am counting. · Education, family, Musings, My Goals, retirement, Teaching & Learning, travel, Work
And, I suppose why not? Some of the feelings up to this point – particularly as I was making the news known to my colleagues – were mixed. It still feels mixed on occasion. I really shall miss the teaching, and the privilege of watching the growth, of my students. I will not miss what […]
Tags: aging·blogging·college·family·learning·retirement·teaching·travel·Work
Cuba Sojourn – Day 6 – Last full day
February 26th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Cuba, eating, family, Food, Learning Spanish, Musings, photo of the week, Site Seeing, travel
Dear Readers, (Lots of photos at the end!) I hope you come back and find these next blogs about the end of our Cuban adventure! As I’ve said before, it’s a lot easier to blog at night while on vacation than back at home while working! My apologies! Today, I’ll chronicle our last full day […]
Cuba Sojourn – Day 4
February 8th, 2013 · Comments Off on Cuba Sojourn – Day 4 · Art, Cuba, Dance, family, Grandparents, Learning Spanish, Musings, photo of the week, Site Seeing, travel
Okay – here I am! Blogging about my vacation is definitely easier when I’m on the vacation! Back at home trying to blog about our delightful trip to Cuba is challenging while I keep up with my full time work and house and more! Today is a snow day while waiting for Storm Nemo to […]
Havana – Day 4
January 22nd, 2013 · Comments Off on Havana – Day 4 · Cuba, family, Musings, travel
With 84 degrees outside in Del Ray Beach, we were ready to get organized and get to the Miami Courtyard Marriott where our Cuba adventure would be beginning at a 5 o’clock orientation. Cereal and coffee with our Aunt – what a lovely woman! Pack up our stuff, fold up the couch and rearrange the […]