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March 27, 2020 New Plans
You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens. Mandy Hale If you’ve spent much time around me (virtually...
March 13, 2020 Learn to Care
Without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community. Anthony J. D’Angelo It’s transition time in kindergarten....
March 6, 2020 At Least No One Died
A bus ride is like being in another world. ...
February 28, 2020 Strengths Focused
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. Mother Teresa As I sat to the side of the classroom watching a community of second...
February 21, 2020 A Place for Writing
Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits. Twyla Tharp In Write What Matters, Tom Romano explains how he helps students think about...
February 14, 2020 The Poem in Your Heart
The brief sum of life forbids us the hope of enduring long. Horace When...
February 7, 2020 Grammar’s Flexibility
The greater part of the world’s troubles are due to questions of grammar. Michel de Montaigne My nephew said to his mom, “Me and Brennan are going to play...
January 31, 2020 Creativity and Community
The constraint, whatever it is, supports action. Amy Tangerine Diana Glyer has spent much of her professional life studying the “Inklings”—the group of writers that included J.R.R. Tolkien and...
January 24, 2020 Kindness in the Storm
A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. Amelia Earhart When the weather turned violent at Camp...
January 17, 2020 I See You
Being safe is about being seen and heard and allowed to be who you are and to speak your truth. ...
January 10, 2020 Nothing Buried Here
My mom recently received a label maker as a gift. If you visited her house, I would not need to tell you this. There are labels everywhere—on drawers, on shelves,...
January 3, 2020 Letting Go
I realize there’s something incredibly honest about trees in winter, how they’re experts at letting things go. ...
December 13, 2019 Norwich
There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about. Margaret J. Wheatley In the book Norwich: One Tiny Vermont Town’s Secret to Happiness...
December 6, 2019 Just Say Yes
Say yes and you’ll figure it out afterwards. ...
November 22, 2019 Cue the Habit
We become what we repeatedly do. Sean Covey Everyone knows when it is time to write in Emily Buttermore’s kindergarten classroom. The overhead lights are off and lamps are on....
November 15, 2019 In Praise of Clutter
I like working among creative clutter. It gives me a sense of activity and achievement. Fennel Hudson There is something about the idea of the clean slate, the bare...
November 8, 2019 The Gift of Noticing
I was away from home and realized I needed a photo of my garden for an upcoming blog post. I texted my neighbor who loves photography for help, and within...
November 1, 2019 Romancing the Em Dash
I always notice em dashes and when I see one, I think, “You knew what you were doing and I respect that. You could have reached for a hyphen and...
October 25, 2019 Candy Bombs
There’s nothing as cozy as a piece of candy and a book. Betty MacDonald “This is my corner,” Kim Kabrich, an interventionist, said as she showed me her office....
October 18, 2019 Offers and Offerings
I have found among its other benefits that giving liberates the soul of the giver. ...
October 11, 2019 Instagram vs. Google Selves
Don’t trust what people tell you; trust what they do. Seth Stephens-Davidowitz I just read the fascinating book Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can...
