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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

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100 days, but who’s counting?

February 22nd, 2014 · Comments Off on 100 days, but who’s counting? · Education, Important People, Musings, My Goals, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning, Work

On this birthday of Edna St. Vincent Millay, a quote: “My candle burns at both ends; / It will not last the night; / But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends — / It gives a lovely light!” In 100 days I expect to retire from a job that has helped to burn my […]

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October 28th, 2013 · Comments Off on · Education, Important People, Musings, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning

“The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish.”  Evelyn Waugh The “Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keiller” reports that today is this author’s birthday, and provides us with this quote.  Just this past week, I’ve been having some […]

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Mr. Rogers and being human

December 17th, 2012 · Comments Off on Mr. Rogers and being human · Children, Education, family, Important People, Mr. Rogers, Musings, Play

Mister Rogers and Newtown: Quote and image goes viral :               It’s a way of leading you out of the bad towards the good.”   I’ve looked to Mr. Rogers for almost 40 years.  First, as a young mother who wanted quality experiences for my child, then as an early childhood educator looking for quality […]

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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

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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