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 […]
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Firsts…
August 27th, 2012 · Comments Off on Firsts… · Children, College students, Education, family, Grandparents, Musings, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning, Work
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Today in Nana’s Garden – July
July 23rd, 2012 · Comments Off on Today in Nana’s Garden – July · family, Garden, Grandparents, Musings
Today, in Nana’s Garden, a small bit of Dad/Grampa/Great-grampa Jules’ ashes joined a small bit of his wife’s (Constance) ashes (placed there in 2001). In the rising of the sun and in its going down, we remember them. In the glowing of the wind and in the chill of winter, we remember them. In the […]
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Today in Nana’s Garden – May
May 10th, 2012 · Comments Off on Today in Nana’s Garden – May · family, Garden, Musings, Nana
May has finally brought some well needed rain; and the flowers are looking refreshed. Many are smaller than usual; I think the early March heat, and the April frosting confused them. They don’t stand quite as lush and tall, and some seem a little behind in growth even with their way too early start! But, […]
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 56 – The Stream of Life
November 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Day 56 – The Stream of Life · 100 Days Project, Musings, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning
100 Day Project – Day 56 – 10:16 p.m. “Propel, propel, propel your craft softly down liquid solution. Ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically, existence is simply illusion.” Mr. Rogers Indeed it is. But, it’s an illusion worth keeping. Today I’m thinking that life is full, life is complicated, life is complicated, life leaves me […]
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