“The best thing for being sad,” replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, “is to learn something. That’s the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see […]
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Merlin speaks of learning…
October 30th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Musings, Quote of the Week, Reading, Teaching & Learning
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Havana – Day 4
January 22nd, 2013 · Comments Off on Havana – Day 4 · Cuba, family, Musings, travel
With 84 degrees outside in Del Ray Beach, we were ready to get organized and get to the Miami Courtyard Marriott where our Cuba adventure would be beginning at a 5 o’clock orientation. Cereal and coffee with our Aunt – what a lovely woman! Pack up our stuff, fold up the couch and rearrange the […]
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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Teatrekkers come to Salon
January 29th, 2012 · Comments Off on Teatrekkers come to Salon · eating, Food, Important People, Musings, photo of the week, Teaching & Learning
Teatrekkers could be seen last night at the first of our 2012 Winter Salon evenings. With a dozen friends we learned from Mary Lou and Robert Heiss (the authors of four really excellent books) just a tiny bit about Chinese teas: its origins, how and where what we were tasting was grown, how to brew […]