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 …
Category: The Cosmic Jukebox
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: EVERYTHING IS BORROWED by The Streets
1.31.24 Tonight’s selection is one of my Bad Day Songs. It’s also one of my Good Day Songs. Whatever mood I’m in, it makes me happier and gives me a bit of a perspective readjustment. Tonight, it’s decidedly a Bad Day Song, but it’s already making my day a bit better. I came home from …
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: WAKE UP EVERYBODY by John Legend and The Roots
Jan. 30, 2024 Not a lot to say for this song, other than that it inspires me, makes me want to do better and be better, and compels me to closely examine my life as a human and my practice as a teacher. Life is change. Good enough is never good enough. There’s always a …
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: WE ARE ALL MADE OF STARS by Moby
Jan. 29, 2024 “We are a way for the universe to know itself. Some part of our being knows this is where we came from. We long to return. And we can, because the cosmos is also within us. We're made of star stuff.” — Carl Sagan The epic science mini-series, Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, is …
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: IMITATION OF LIFE by R.E.M.
1/28/24 Three years ago, I was at the bottom of a metaphorical well, professionally speaking. I was in a completely unexpected profession due to Covid, with the expectation hoisted upon me that I would take the reins of this nonprofit a few years down the road. I absolutely adored the people I was charged with …