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11 and planning

May 21st, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, family, Musings, My Goals, retirement, Work

I’m pretty sure I haven’t mentioned all the planning that goes into retirement while I’ve been counting down on this blog.  The paperwork involved in retiring from an institution would choke a horse (which I promise not to do) – and that’s after you do a lot of footwork trying to figure out what paperwork […]

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44 and plans

April 19th, 2014 · No Comments · 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 […]

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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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59, 58, 57, 56, 55 and a cold…

April 7th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Musings, My Goals, retirement, time, Walking, Work

Somewhere these past five days flew. It might have been the spring finally arriving.  After a really cold, cold winter, the weather is slowing warming up, and I found myself enjoying the outdoors with lots of walking to town to run errands, see art, and just walk. It might have been the cold – in […]

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60 and teacher education

April 2nd, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Children, College students, Education, Musings, My Goals, retirement, Teaching & Learning, time, Work

Today, as I stood on a playground (thank goodness I chose my winter coat and gloves today) observing a student teacher, I did feel sad at this part of my work that I will no longer do.  I estimate that I’ve been part of upwards of 125 early childhood teachers educational journeys.  It’s certainly more […]

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