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Word of the Day: Overdo
I thought I would get out this morning and get up to that trail that runs along the ridge above (to the south of) my house. I had no idea it would wear me out as it did.
The Centennial Trail runs two miles altogether, but I drove up Kyle Street to the trailhead that's about halfway. I had planned to follow the trail west, toward town, but when I ( Read more... ) -
Word of the Day: Overdo
I thought I would get out this morning and get up to that trail that runs along the ridge above (to the north of) my house. I had no idea it would wear me out as it did.
The Centennial Trail runs two miles altogether, but I drove up Kyle Street to the trailhead that's about halfway. I had planned to follow the trail west, toward town, but when I ( Read more... ) -
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Several big wake-up calls today. *sigh* Not that I have a clue what to do about any of them ( Read more... ) -
A Month of Gratitude in One Swell Foop - Maslow-Style
This month I am grateful for:- fresh, clean air
- a roof over my head in a safe and (relatively) warm house
- access to clean water
- clean and sufficient sewer control/waste removal
- more sunny than overcast days where I live
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Something to be TRULY grateful for today
This is the conclusion to one of my kiddos' autobiographical narratives. She wrote about registering with the USCIS. You should see the way her face lights up whenever she talks about it.
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*Warning: egocentric, whiny, self-pity below; proceed with caution ( Read more... ) -
On "Community"
This afternoon I attended a session at the Unitarian Universalist church I joined here in Prescott on "Talking to People With Whom We Disagree." Today's meeting was the first of a four-part series of workshops to "Create Communication Virtuosity" and to open and moderate conversations between disparate sides of volatile local water rights issues. ( Read more... ) -
Revisiting a painful memory
In preparing a "model" for my 10th graders' autobiographical narratives, I wrote about a huge "shift" in my life:
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Joy Journal
Y'know the days when you feel the worst are the days this is necessary. Today's "silver linings":- Though I am getting really tired of the band kids bringing boxes of chocolate bars into my classroom and surreptitiously dealing chocolate to addicts who can't help themselves... and the surreptitious making of change, the surreptitious munching of ( Read more... )
