Baja Lessons: A Week of What Matters (Versión en inglés y español incluida)
“One life on this Earth is all that we get, whether it is enough or not enough, and the obvious conclusion would seem to be that at the very least
Read MoreYear: 2021
What The Game Gives
It would be unfair to say I wanted it more, but I sure wanted it a lot. I wanted them to win. For me it wasn’t about titles and moving
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In the Ruins
I don’t regret my choices. I can’t. Regret is no place to live. I know that. But. Yes, there is a but. If I had to do it again. If
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Baja Lessons…Surrender Versión en inglés y español incluida
It took my breath away and stopped me in my tracks. I don’t think I could have made myself move. I couldn’t do anything but look at what was all around me. Wide
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2021 – No New Year, New Me
There is no New Year’s resolution for me this year. I’m not making promises and I’m not setting goals. I’m not going back through the past twelve months and evaluating
Read MoreThe VOICES of THOSE KIDS
During preservice a few years ago, I ran into a group of new teachers at lunch. We had a brief conversation about where we worked. When they heard where I taught, a PRTF (Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility), one of the teachers said, “Good for you. I couldn’t work with THOSE kids.” I said, “You do realize when THOSE kids leave […]
Learning is Not Closed
Changing aren’t coming. They’re here. Everything is changing. Again. Hard decisions were made in most of our communities. Precautions and restrictions and shut downs. Quarantines and capacities and illnesses. I know emotions are high and opinions are all over the place. Not everyone agrees or understands. Some will make the transition relatively easily and some it’s going to hit hard. […]