Choice Lit Topic: Big Fresh Archives
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The Big Fresh August 20, 2016 Armchair Experts
When we are judging everything, we are learning nothing. Steve Maraboli My husband and I are watching the Olympic diving competition. It isn’t long before we are yelling out...
The Big Fresh August 13, 2016 Hosting Martha
The ornaments of your home are the people who smile upon entering time and time again. Maralee McKee This fall marks the third year our family will host an exchange...
The Big Fresh August 6, 2016 Teach Like You’re Scared to Death
The secret to my success is that I bit off more than I could chew and chewed as fast as I could. Paul Hogan “I hear you have a new...
The Big Fresh July 30, 2016 Cheetos and Tofu
Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Jillian Michaels Recently I was chatting with my friend Lexi about working out, and I was surprised when she said she didn’t like her trainer....
The Big Fresh July 23, 2016 Time Savers
A recipe has no soul. You as the cook must bring soul to the recipe. Katheryn Johnston “But how will that save us any time?” Kyle Butler was chatting with...
The Big Fresh July 16, 2016 A Better Mousetrap
If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice. George Gobel It was the first day of summer. I ran a few errands and came home to...
The Big Fresh July 9, 2016 A Fork in the Road
You know what’s worse than not working hard? Working hard in the wrong direction. Mark Fahmy When I was a child, I struggled to tell left from...
The Big Fresh June 25, 2016 Repurposed
The paradox of life lies exactly in this: its resources are finite, but it itself is endless. Such a contradictory state of affairs is feasible only because the resources accessible...
The Big Fresh June 18, 2016 What We Brew
What we have been becomes The country where we are. Wendell Berry We Portlanders love our tea and coffee. It’s part of our identity, warding off the gray mornings with...
The Big Fresh June 11, 2016 New Tires
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well. ...
The Big Fresh June 4, 2016 The Loudest Voices
You do not wake up one morning a bad person. It happens by a thousand tiny surrenders of self-respect to self-interest. Robert Brault This winter my husband and I...
The Big Fresh May 28, 2016 Grin and Bear It
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. ...
The Big Fresh May 21, 2016 Taking Play Seriously
The creative mind plays with the objects it loves. Artists play with color and space. Musicians play with sound and silence. Gods play with the universe. Children play with everything...
The Big Fresh May 14, 2016 Taking a Break
There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither. Alan Cohen It’s late spring, the time of year for teachers when routines are...
The Big Fresh May 7, 2016 Gradual Release of the Library
To build up a library is to create a life. It’s never just a random collection of books. Carlos María Domínguez When I visited Bitsy Parks’ first-grade classroom last October,...
The Big Fresh April 30, 2016 Dog Days and Watermelon
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. Albert Einstein It was mid-July, and we were in the heat of summer. I was puttering in the kitchen while my kids...
The Big Fresh April 23, 2016 Standardized Test Unpreparation
Sometimes, the most brilliant and intelligent minds do not shine in standardized tests because they do not have standardized minds. Diane Ravitch In To Kill a Mockingbird, there is...
The Big Fresh April 16, 2016 Thought Partners
What others call you, you become. It’s a terrible magic that everyone can do — so do it. Call yourself what you wish to become. Catherynne M. Valente Last...
The Big Fresh April 9, 2016 Slow Swimmer
The water is your friend. You don’t have to fight with water, just share the same spirit as the water, and it will help you move. Aleksandr Popov I...
The Big Fresh April 2, 2016 Editing with a Writer’s Eyes
So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads. Dr. Seuss Top Chef is a reality cooking show in...
The Big Fresh March 26, 2016 The Mighty Minute
Good things, when short, are twice as good. Baltasar Gracian y Morales “I can do almost anything if it’s only for one minute.” My friend Darla was talking about...
