When I was in grad school, I wore what I thought was a wide variety of outfits; however, a classmate made an observation that gave me pause (sketch 1). Not long after that, I worked…
Bottoms Up
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Grief Books for Grown Ups 2
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This is a continuation of the list of books I’ve read during my close and personal relationship with grief since losing my son in 2018: Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief by David Kessler…
Time Machine
I had a birthday recently. I guess the freaky birthday fairy I imagined couldn’t deliver the time machine I wished for. I wasn’t asking for the rarest, most intricate model with the special features. Going…
Grief Books for Grown Ups
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I remember listening to the audio version of Life after Loss: A Practical Guide to Renewing Your Life After Experiencing Major Loss en route to the airport. It was a library book I downloaded for…
Summer at Cedar Run
One of the many joys of working at an independent school is the fact that we start late and end early. The school days are chock full, satisfying, and sometimes stressful. Then, summer stretches out…
The WallyPAC Lifts Off with Mary Poppins
August 2018 – North Country School and Camp Treetops broke ground on the Walter Breeman Performing Arts Center in a ceremony I attended with my younger son, Owen, in tow. Walter was a vibrant and…
Folk Art on the Front Porch
I live in a 1920s Sears, Roebuck & Co. mail-order barn. Yes, you used to be able to order homes and barns from Sears along with your pajamas. Vee is the nickname of Vaney, the…
Doodle Time
When my vocabulary lessons fell a little flat, I researched ways to make definitions stick. I wanted a screen-free activity, but I didn’t want worksheets. I turned to sketchnotes, discovering Sunni Brown and Sylvia Duckworth.…
Reading & Writing are Lit with Julia Torres
I was so excited to take two workshops with Julia Torres (https://juliaetorres.blog/ )this spring through Heinemann publications and educational services. When I read her bio on their website (https://www.heinemann.com/) I knew I wanted to be…
Letter to the Letter O
One of the better writing prompts Adirondack Center for Writing released during the pandemic was “write a letter to your favorite letter”; my mother-in-law responded with a sweet and funny ode to the letter E.…