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19 and a last – at last…

May 13th, 2014 · Comments Off on 19 and a last – at last… · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning, travel, Work

I’ve been really reluctant to say “the last this…the last that….the last time…,” etc. in regards to my retirement.  It’s like saying my four month European trip for sabbatical was a “trip of a lifetime.”  The trip was certainly amazing, and some parts, okay maybe, many parts, cannot be repeated – but I never planned […]

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24, 23, 22, 21, 20 — and yes, how did another five days go by?

May 12th, 2014 · Comments Off on 24, 23, 22, 21, 20 — and yes, how did another five days go by? · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning, Work

These posts of several days are just reminders of how busy my life as a college professor really is!  Not to mention the part of life that involves laundry, the first lawn mow of the spring, a delightful Mother’s Day spent with daughter and granddaughter and paying the bills! This morning I enjoyed my once […]

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31 and last times

May 1st, 2014 · Comments Off on 31 and last times · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning, time

Just as I try not to say, “the trip of a lifetime,” because there’s always another opportunity to go on another trip and experience new things, I’ve been hesitant to say “the last time,” when it comes to my retirement. Today marked the last time – at least the “official” last time that a group […]

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33 and Abigail Adams Eliot

April 30th, 2014 · Comments Off on 33 and Abigail Adams Eliot · 100 Days Project, Education, Important People, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning

Tonight brought the evening honoring our local child care providers: we call it the Abigail Adams Eliot Award for local Educator and Administrator.  It was a lovely evening with a STEM focus, with tables of local organizations, dinner and a presentation about STEM for early care providers. At one point the moderator asked all those […]

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34 and a week!

April 28th, 2014 · Comments Off on 34 and a week! · 100 Days Project, Children, College students, Education, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning

Well, okay, somewhere, and I know where, more than a few days went by!  This, however, is what my life usually looks like!  What did I do in that time that claimed my time?  Let’s see: taught classes, supervised student teachers, spent the day in NYC getting there via a bus trip that the Art […]

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