Choice Lit Topic: Big Fresh Archives
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The Big Fresh December 6, 2014 Watchers
Independence is happiness. Susan B. Anthony It was early fall, and I was observing Carly Ullmer lead...
The Big Fresh November 29, 2014 Cheerfully Indifferent
Not my circus, not my monkeys. Polish proverb This summer I participated in a qigong class, which...
The Big Fresh November 22, 2014 Not Very Entertaining
We aren’t in an information age, we are in an entertainment age. Tony Robbins I visited Franki Sibberson’s third-grade class in late September. It’s one of my favorite times to...
The Big Fresh November 15, 2014 Thinking Is Good for the Soul
Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare. Harriet Martineau It was early in September, and Julie was leading her third graders in a discussion of a read aloud. She began, “Now...
The Big Fresh November 8, 2014 Take a Different Route
Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to take. Angela Blount A few weeks ago I heard Martha Stewart give a keynote about...
The Big Fresh November 1, 2014 Short and Smart
It is with words as with sunbeams, the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. ...
The Big Fresh October 25, 2014 Learning Spaces
Memories aren’t stored in the head or the heart or even the soul, but in the spaces between any two people. ...
The Big Fresh October 18, 2014 Grief Bacon
Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken. Orson Rega Card I’ve been...
The Big Fresh October 11, 2014 What We Take Away
What we remember from childhood we remember forever — permanent ghosts, stamped, inked, imprinted, eternally seen. Cynthia Ozick My father always told me, “The one thing no one can...
The Big Fresh October 4, 2014 Duct Tape Magic
The mind once expanded with the knowledge of duct tape never returns to its original size. ...
The Big Fresh September 27, 2014 Walk and Talk
Walking is good for solving problems — it’s like the feet are little psychiatrists. Terri Guillemets I’ve been reading lately about the craze of counting steps, and it’s likely...
The Big Fresh September 20, 2014 Chinese Food
I just love Chinese food. My favorite dish is number 27. Clement Atlee Not long ago, I spent the morning with a colleague completing a long and arduous online...
The Big Fresh September 13, 2014 Extra or Unexpected?
Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us. Boris Pasternak...
The Big Fresh September 6, 2014 Clark Walking
We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. Stacia Tauscher My son is...
The Big Fresh August 30, 2014 The Other Space
Gardens are a form of autobiography. Sydney Eddison I could open a farmers’ market this year. My garden is overflowing with fresh vegetables and flowers. My family has even...
The Big Fresh August 23, 2014 Pure Enjoyment PD
There are many true statements about complex topics that are too long to fit on a Powerpoint slide. Edward Tufte This is the season when literacy leaders are...
The Big Fresh August 16, 2014 Hot
Do what we can, summer will have its flies. Ralph Waldo Emerson Earlier this summer I was fortunate to participate in a writing institute. What could be better for...
The Big Fresh August 9, 2014 Home
I would really rather feel bad in Maine than feel good anywhere else. E.B. White Last January I visited Keri Archer’s kindergarten classroom in the teeth of flu season....
The Big Fresh August 2, 2014 Night Magic
A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in. Robert Orben We are on vacation. We’re spending our days building sand castles, taking epic...
The Big Fresh July 26, 2014 Beautiful Questions
always the more beautiful answer, who asks a more beautiful question . . . e. e. cummings I picked the theme of “renewal” for a series of writing retreats this...
The Big Fresh July 19, 2014 Please Don’t Ruin Our Good Work
The fingers must be educated, the thumb is born knowing. Marc Chagall The day after my thumb surgery, I returned to have the dressing changed and a splint made...
