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Category Archives: Blogging
Searching for Tribe
Give me some place that I can go Where I don’t have to justify myself Swimming out alone against this tide Looking for a family looking for tribe … Continue reading
Posted in Bikram Yoga, Blogging, Childhood, Children, Family, Italian, love, nostalgia, Philosophy, Random Thoughts, Relationships
Tagged black sheep, connections, Facebook, family, family tree, genealogy, grandfather, love, Music, musicians, New Model Army, politics, social networks
46 Comments
Double Dog Dare
Hmmm… I think I’ve accepted a ‘double dog dare’ from my friend to write more. I don’t know what that’s exactly going to look like – but it may or may not involve you being suckered into reading more stuff. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Family, Humor, Random Thoughts, Sharon K Penmen, Words, Writing
Tagged challenge, christmas story, double dog dare, handwriting, Sharon K Penman, Story, Ted Schredd, words, Writing
26 Comments
I know we are connected
In the past I was chastised by a peer. It concerned giving my opinion about a matter amongst a group of people. He took me to task because he felt that another person in the group might have been upset … Continue reading
Posted in Bikram Yoga, Blogging, Children, Coincidence, connections, Humor, love, Philosophy, Random Thoughts, Society, Teachers, Writing, Yoga
Tagged connections, friendships, networking, patterns, people, society, Yoga
92 Comments
5×5? Why Not
Who am I to buck a trend? Several of my blogging friends have been participating in the 5×5 thingamajiggy – it started with Benzeknees and just spread out like ooooooze from a wound. Vanessa, Carrie Rubin and Rarasaur have all joined in and if it’s good … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Buttons, Eating, Games, Humor, Random Thoughts, Reading, Writing
Tagged 5x5, bloggers, books, bucket list, favorite things, Games, movies, Writing
41 Comments
Looking in the Mirror
Ish – this is a hard post to write. It’s always difficult to hold a mirror up to yourself and see something ugly reflected back, but I would guess that these kinds of self-discoveries are the kinds that help us … Continue reading
Posted in Aversions, Blogging, Childhood, grieving, love, Random Thoughts, Relationships, Writing
Tagged beliefs, Friendship, love, realization, religion, selfishness
79 Comments
I Do Believe it was a Hoarder
Several years ago I became obsessed with mosaics -as in making them. It culminated in a gigantic wall piece that I made in the kitchen. It took 2 months and 25 lbs of grout – it also kind of sucked … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Hoarders, Humor, Librarian, Mental Health, Random Thoughts
Tagged compulsive, freecycle.org, hoarder, hoarding, mosaic, tiles, tiling
69 Comments
A Leap of Faith – A Teacher’s Perspective
Unconditional Teaching “Accepting students for who they are, rather than what they do, is integrally related to the teaching of a whole child” – Alfie Kohn, The Whole Child People often ask me why I am a teacher, they say … Continue reading
Next Week’s Special
Greetings People ~ Well, I’ve been away for a while – nursing my husband’s new hip and not killing anyone. I’ve come close, I won’t lie, but have manged reigned in my rage angst. This experience, whilst bringing my husband … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Education, Family, Guest Blogger, Health, Nursing, Parenting, Philosophy, Teachers, Teaching
Tagged blue plate special, education, guest bloggers, nursing, progressive education, surprises, teaching
30 Comments