Choice Lit Topic: Big Fresh Archives
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The Big Fresh March 10, 2018 Enough
It’s a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack....
The Big Fresh March 3, 2018 Irish Sushi
Making sushi is an art, and experience is everything. Nobu Matsukisa Yoshimi Hayakawa moved to Galway, Ireland to learn to speak English in 2001. After settling in and seeing how...
The Big Fresh February 24, 2018 Failure and Feedback
No matter how tough, no matter what kind of outside pressure, no matter how many bad breaks along the way, I must keep my sights on the final goal, to...
The Big Fresh February 17, 2018 Memory Box
Humans, not places, make memories. Ama Ata Aidoo On a cold winter day, I stopped at the grocery store on the way to school and bought a large tub of...
The Big Fresh February 10, 2018 Again and Again
Repetition is the mother of skill. Anthony Robbins If you’re a teacher, you’ll relate to this experience: If you teach a lesson or unit two times, you get twice as...
The Big Fresh February 3, 2018 When Your Car Is Your Teacher
It is what you don’t expect . . . that most needs looking for. Neal Stephenson My husband Dave was happily driving our new car home from the dealership. We...
The Big Fresh January 27, 2018 Rosie’s Bucket List
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have...
The Big Fresh January 20, 2018 Thriving Artists
I just wanted to do something important. Norman Rockwell If you ever are in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, treat yourself and take an hour to visit the Norman...
The Big Fresh January 13, 2018: Teaching and Belonging
What we know matters but who we are matters more. Brene Brown This fall I heard the amazing Brene Brown speak on the concept of belonging. It was only...
The Big Fresh January 6, 2018 How’s Your Stamina?
Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal. Elbert Hubbard...
The Big Fresh December 16, 2017 Making Time for Joy
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. Andy Warhol I always look forward to Monday mornings. That’s the day I treat myself...
The Big Fresh December 10, 2017 The Kid Teaches You
Let the child be the scriptwriter, the director and the actor in his own play. Magda Gerber Ruth was a participant in a writing retreat I was hosting at a...
The Big Fresh December 3, 2017 The Perfect Space
We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us. Winston Churchill When the realtor took me into the house almost two decades ago, I knew it was meant to...
The Big Fresh November 18, 2017 Grounded
I wish you a craft you can never learn — but can keep learning as long as you live. Don Murray The older you are, the more the quick passage...
The Big Fresh November 11, 2017 What’s Your Hashtag?
Never underestimate the power of a tweet. Germany Kent To say I am a little addicted to Twitter is an understatement. I might even have three Twitter accounts. Yep, I...
The Big Fresh November 4, 2017 Neighborhood Library
The library is like a candy store where everything is free. Jamie Ford I hear a quiet knock on my back door and rush to open it. Thirteen-year-old Abigail...
The Big Fresh October 28, 2017 Blind Spots
The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision. Helen Keller I remember a painful visit I made to a classroom some years ago. The first-grade...
The Big Fresh October 21, 2017 Cheese Emergency
Life is great. Cheese makes it better. Avery Aames On a getaway with my sister in the Berkshires, I walked by a gourmet cheese shop in Great Barrington. It was...
The Big Fresh October 14, 2017 More Heart, Less Head
I don’t have to take a trip around the world or be on a yacht in the Mediterranean to have happiness. I can find it in the little things, like...
The Big Fresh October 7, 2017 Tell Me Everything
Time is generally the best doctor. Ovid A few years ago, my son and I were in the walk-in clinic for who-knows-what ailment, and both of us were waiting for...
The Big Fresh September 30, 2017 This Class
If you see something beautiful in someone, speak it. Ruthie Lindsey Before the students even walked through the door of my classroom, I had heard about this class. They were...
