Choice Lit Topic: Big Fresh Archives
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The Big Fresh October 27, 2018 Stretching
A mind that is stretched by experience can never go back to its comfortable old dimensions. Oliver Wendell Holmes When to stretch? If you work out, you know there...
The Big Fresh October 20, 2018 Crayons
History written in pencil is easily erased, but crayon is forever. Emilie Autumn This fall I’m immersed in a redesign of the Choice Literacy website. One thing the designer...
The Big Fresh October 13, 2018 Raccoon
The raccoon problem is under control. They have their part of town and we have ours. Leslie Knope (in Parks and Recreation) The last thing one expects to see when...
The Big Fresh October 6, 2018 Get Under the Ball
Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger. Arnold Palmer This weekend we went to watch our youngest daughter’s team play in a volleyball tournament, hosted in our...
The Big Fresh September 29, 2018 The “One Thing” Mindset
This year has been a good one for me, and a bad one for a few of my closest friends and family members. They are dealing with serious illness themselves,...
The Big Fresh September 22, 2018 Sometimes We Should Just Clap
There is no wine in the world as heady as applause; and it has the same effect. It temporarily subdues anxiety and restores confidence. Khushwant Singh The circle created by...
The Big Fresh September 15, 2018 Inviting the Stranger In
Good things happen when you meet strangers. Yo-Yo Ma In her new book The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters, Priya Parker writes about the...
The Big Fresh September 8, 2018 Mothers of the Brides
Whoever said that money can’t buy happiness simply didn’t know where to go shopping. Bo Derek My friend Franki and I both have daughters who are getting married over the...
The Big Fresh September 1, 2018 Listening to Children
Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. Stephen R. Covey I was enjoying one of those magical moments of teaching,...
The Big Fresh August 25, 2018 Gym Workshop
Gym class was, of course, where the strongest, best-looking kids were made captains and chose us spazzes last. Ayelet Waldman I am the least athletic person I know. In...
The Big Fresh August 18, 2018 Lily Pads
You only see the top of a lily pad, but if you pull the lily pad out of the water, it has roots and tangled weeds and all the stuff...
The Big Fresh August 11, 2018 Stubborn Gladness
Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. Samuel Johnson One of the hardest things about living in truly challenging times is that I’ve lost my sense...
The Big Fresh August 4, 2018 Surprise
No surprise for the writer, no surprise for the reader. Robert Frost Huh? I don’t know what you mean. Well, nothing I guess. I mean, I wrote it. I’ve just...
The Big Fresh July 28, 2018 Passion for Work
It’s your place in the world, it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live. Mae Jemison...
The Big Fresh July 21, 2018 Hitting Save
Your calm mind is your ultimate weapon against your challenges. Bryant McGill Over the past few years I have shifted from drafting in documents saved on a single computer’s...
The Big Fresh July 14, 2018 Work and Play
This is the real secret of life — to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it...
The Big Fresh June 23, 2018 Time to Write
I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear; my courage is reborn. Anne Frank I live in coastal Maine where summer is the high season for...
The Big Fresh June 16, 2018 Old Boat
The problem with hoarding is that you end up living off your reserves. Eventually, you’ll become stale. If you give away everything you have, you are left with nothing. This...
The Big Fresh June 9, 2018 Free Range
The more risks you allow children, the better they learn to take care of themselves. Roald Dahl When I was a kid, most sunny summer days when I was...
The Big Fresh June 2, 2018 Memory
Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist. Guy de Maupassant There I was, undeniably at my...
The Big Fresh May 26, 2018 Everyday Subversions
The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it. Abbie Hoffman Earlier this month I visited Franki Sibberson’s fifth-grade classroom in Dublin, Ohio. She began a writing...
