How will I know it’s spring break? How will I know it’s the weekend, or summer time, or winter break? My entire work career, basically the majority of my entire adult life has been built around the academic calendar. First as a young mother with children off to child care centers, and preschools, and school; […]
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83 and markers
March 14th, 2014 · Comments Off on 83 and markers · 100 Days Project, Musings, time, Work
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84 and the rhythm of time
March 11th, 2014 · Comments Off on 84 and the rhythm of time · 100 Days Project, College students, family, Musings, retirement, time, Work
Today I felt a little of the reality of the time I will have to manage when I am retired. It’s been a hard start to my last semester; with unending snow storms, and school closings and all that effects in terms of supervising student teachers. But, this morning I completed the first round of […]
85 days and a phone
March 10th, 2014 · Comments Off on 85 days and a phone · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning, Work
Memo: I have not phoned it in. Today I went to the All College Meeting. It likely occurs at other colleges as well, but once a month, many of the faculty and staff gather for an hour at lunch in our lecture hall. The President fills us in on current economic news (as we are […]
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86 days
March 9th, 2014 · Comments Off on 86 days · 100 Days Project, Important People, Musings, Quote of the Week, retirement, time, Work
“We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.” ? T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets
88 days and adventure
March 5th, 2014 · Comments Off on 88 days and adventure · 100 Days Project, College students, family, Important People, Musings, My Goals, retirement, time, Volunteer, Work
I work with the nicest of folks. On my way out of the building today, I saw one of the Psychology faculty and commented on how little I’d managed to see her this semester, even though she and I are only about six offices apart. It turns out she has quite a heavy teaching load […]
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