Yesterday I celebrated my husband’s birthday with him. He wouldn’t want me to say his age, but let’s say it’s the 40th time I’ve shared his day! We spent i enjoying an hour’s drive to Mt. Snow where Vermont Life was putting on a wine tasting and outdoor event. There were wines, ciders, cheeses, and […]
Entries Tagged as 'Children'
September in Nana’s Garden
September 24th, 2012 · 3 Comments · family, Garden, Grandparents, Musings, Nana, photo of the week, Site Seeing, travel
Tags: Children·family·garden·grandparent·New England·snow·travel
Firsts…
August 27th, 2012 · Comments Off on Firsts… · Children, College students, Education, family, Grandparents, Musings, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning, 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 “Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.” – Will Durant “Here’s to […]
Tags: Children·education·family·first day of school·learning·quote·quotes·reading·teaching·Work
Today in Nana’s Garden – April
April 17th, 2012 · 3 Comments · family, Nana
Nana’s Garden is a little plot next to my large Victorian on a city lot. It is a little bit of garden between side entrances, and the house and the driveway. In it, over the 10 or so years I’ve treasured this old house, I’ve tried various plantings in it. Mind you, I’m not a […]
100 Day Project – Day 63 – Deep
November 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Day 63 – Deep · 100 Days Project, College students, Musings, Teaching & Learning, Work
I was told today by a student, with others agreeing, that I was a very deep person. Last class meeting, the students participated in a Literacy Month event at our college. The local Head Start bused 30 preschool children to our college’s library where we had the joy of reading one-on-one with the children, joining […]
Tags: Children·college·conversations·cute·deep·learning·teaching·Work
100 Day Project – Day 60 – Transformation and Elephants
November 17th, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Day 60 – Transformation and Elephants · 100 Days Project, Children, College students, Education, Teaching & Learning, Work
100 Day Project – Day 60 – 7:18 pm The first day of class they were shy. The first day of class they said, almost in unison, oh no, not me: I’m not going to sing, dance, and play an elephant in front of my peers! What do you want us to do? No way! […]
Tags: Children·college·elephant·learning·teaching·transformation