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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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
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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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28, 27, 26, 25 and bittersweet moments indeed…
May 7th, 2014 · 1 Comment · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, Fundraiser, Musings, retirement, Work
I truly have been thinking about this blog, and not short of material. But the last few days have had more bitter than sweet and I simply got hung up on that. I don’t want to write about those moments or focus on them anymore. Those are the things that created the stress in this […]
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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41and nature
April 22nd, 2014 · Comments Off on 41and nature · 100 Days Project, Children, College students, Education, Musings, Reading, retirement
It really struck me today that I’m six classes away from the end of my adult teacher education teaching career. I walked the two miles to work on a beautiful spring day enjoying the college’s many marshes and ducks coming to spend their spring with us. In early childhood curriculum class we talked about one […]
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