It’s been six months since I’ve written A Touch of Silver. There’s no decent excuse, really. Writing these pieces is good for me. Back in the spring, they kept me grounded and present, appreciative of the little things that show up even at the darkest of moments. But like other things that are good for …
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Map of a Shrinking World
See this map? I'm going to explain what it means to me as someone who has a parent with a compromised immune system and works with vulnerable populations. Not to mention as someone who just generally cares about people. It means I can't see either of my sons for a while. Not if I want to keep …
Six Months Later …
It’s been half a year since the last “normal” day. The morning message on the board in the classroom I worked in as a behavior interventionist earlier this year. This was six months ago today and ended up being the last day of in-person school for the 2019/2020 school year. Got up. Went to work …
Care Package for Friday, Sept. 11, 2020
Poetry: Tuesday 9/11/01 by Lucille Cliftonthunder and lightning and our worldis another place no dayRead more Song In My Head: Ashes of American Flags by Wilco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O72cQZeTbxQ Art: Alex Ross’s 9-11: Sept. 11, 2001 Photo credit: nrm.org Quote: “Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to …
A Must-Read for Educators, Parents & Pretty Much Everybody Else, Too
When everything is urgent, nothing is urgent, right? Like, urgent becomes the new normal – like the past few months, for example – and it takes something truly electrifying to shock the system. On Saturday, July 25, 2020, exactly that sort of shock was zapped into the system by Brigid Nease, Superintendent of the Harwood …
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