2.6.24 I’ve been stuck on a teacher thing the past couple days. I start to think I’ve moved past it, and then it turns out I haven’t. Nothing earth-shaking, but it’s buggin’ me, you know? I can’t let it go, but I need to. Otherwise, I’ll make a habit out of getting hung up on …
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Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness (with Bonus Poem): HAPPINESS WRITES WHITE by Harvey Danger & HAPPINESS WRITES WHITE by Edward Hirsch
2.5.24 I know jukeboxes don’t play poetry, but please allow me a bit of artistic license. “Happiness writes white” is a phrase written by Henry de Montherlant, a French novelist known for his egocentrism and tendencies toward autocracy. The words suggest that happiness is a blank space. There just aren’t ways to effectively describe it, …
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 …
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 …
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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