I should be planning for the week right now, but inspiration struck. I was listening to The Creative Weirdos, a podcast I learned about this morning. The host and his guests were discussing David Lynch and Twin Peaks. About an hour into the episode, they brought up Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity, …
Category: Education
Teacher/Nurse, Nurse/Teacher
This is a bit of a long walk, but stick with me. I promise I have a point to make about teaching. My wife and I just got home from a funeral for a friend of ours. A wonderful woman who lives - I use the present tense because her spirit is still very much …
Before School
It was a wild morning. My feet hit the floor a few minutes after 5 (they should have been firmly planted and on the go right at 5). I made breakfast, showered, walked the dog, and made it to school a few minutes after 6. The next 90 or so minutes were a mad dash …
Book Bin Labels & Other Things Left Undone
Tomorrow is the first day of school. Twenty-four hours from the time I’m writing this, I’ll be with my new students, sharing stories of summer, working out classroom expectations, and starting to form the bonds that will make us - for nine or so months anyway - a sort of family. Unfortunately, I’m not ready. …
Of Birds and Acorns
It’s a quiet, cloudy, Sunday morning. There’s the kind of calm in the air that suggests the strong, green embrace of summer will soon give way to the weaker, multi-hued hug of autumn. The only sounds are the dull hum of insects, the gentle snore of my dog, and the low rumble of cars pulling …
