On this birthday of Edna St. Vincent Millay, a quote: “My candle burns at both ends; / It will not last the night; / But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends — / It gives a lovely light!” In 100 days I expect to retire from a job that has helped to burn my […]
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100 days, but who’s counting?
February 22nd, 2014 · Comments Off on 100 days, but who’s counting? · Education, Important People, Musings, My Goals, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning, Work
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Merlin speaks of learning…
October 30th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Musings, Quote of the Week, Reading, Teaching & Learning
“The best thing for being sad,” replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, “is to learn something. That’s the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see […]
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October 28th, 2013 · Comments Off on · Education, Important People, Musings, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning
“The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish.” Evelyn Waugh The “Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keiller” reports that today is this author’s birthday, and provides us with this quote. Just this past week, I’ve been having some […]
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What I know about Jell-O and life…
July 1st, 2013 · Comments Off on What I know about Jell-O and life… · Musings
Well, the first thing I actually didn’t know is that it is spelled that way! I’ve always spelled it jello! What I know about Jell-O is that it is, in fact, one of my favorite foods. Can it be considered a food though? I’m tempted to stop and start researching, because I’m pretty sure, […]
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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 […]