Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: SAFE AND SOUND by Capital Cities

2.4.24 I’m feeling much better tonight, and true to form, I had no trouble honing in on a song to write about. As a teacher, my most important job is not teaching my kiddos things like multiplication and main ideas and paragraph structure. My absolute most important job is keeping them safe. Safe from whatever …

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Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: ROLL WITH IT by Steve Winwood

2.3.24 I’m a bit out of sorts. Got the stomach bug that’s been tearing through our school this past week. It’s far from the sickest I’ve been, but it’s enough that I don’t feel entirely like myself. And when I get sick, I don’t connect with music like I usually do. Most nights I have …

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Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: DARE TO BE STUPID by Weird Al Yankovic

2.2.24 It was the summer of 1985, the first Saturday of summer vacation after 5th grade ended. I was wound up and waiting for my parents and sister to hurry up and get in the car already. My parents had the afternoon off from working at the barn, and we were making the hour-long trip …

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Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: TIME AFTER TIME by Ava Cassidy

2.1.24 I beheld a wonderful thing today. While my students were out to recess, there was a mild hubbub in the hallway. A good sort of hubbub, which is always nice. Especially in the middle of winter with 16 more days of school until winter break. As it turned out, a couple of students had …

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