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Joyful Learning After Tech Glitches and Nature’s Reset
Tech glitches FRUSTRATION Change math plans Walk outside Sun, sky, warmth Relieves angst Back to class learning starts joyfully. This is the tale of my day at school so far. I was in a kindergarten class co-teaching a math lesson. The students were going to be using their ipads for the first time. They were…
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Misty Mornings & Sunny Afternoons
Traffic lights offer an Impressionistic glow, Streets are darkened in dampness, Waterdrops plummet off of heavy leaves, My view is shortened-swaddled in a soft, misty grayness, A subtle, quiet calmness fills this morning ride. Warm air blesses my forehead and cheeks, Sunshine makes my eyes crinkle and squint, Vivid green leaves kiss a bright azure…
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Harvesting Summer’s Bounty
Gathering in summer’s bounty one last weekend harvesting… the blue sky, sunshiny beach day, warm grains of sand forming to the shape of my foot, rhythmic wash of waves dispersing over the shore, relaxed mind reading while reclined in my beach chair, a quiet ohhh with my first steps into the cool water, wading farther…
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Embracing Our Star-Human Nature: A Reflection on the Cosmic Connection
I was reading the book Rooted:Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature and Spirit by Lyanda Lynn Haupt when these words just hit me and made me pause. ” It is totally 100 percent true: nearly all elements in the human body were made in a star and many have come through several supernovas”- (Dr.…
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Day Bookended with Serenity: Morning Mingling, Sunset Serenity
Day ushered in with serenity- tranquil waters parted by twin kayaks rowing side by side in friendship, catching-up stories of ups, downs carried away on ripples- giving peace. Stress released stroke by stroke sinking into dark wavy waters- spouses paddling in sync floating, absorbing beauty of declining sun’s colored sky Day culminates with serenity. I…
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Mesmerizing Water Lilies: A Monet Painting Come to Life
Dark blue pond ripples bedecked with white gracefulness on this summer morn- enchantress of water world glorifying quiet beauty. I felt like I was gliding through a Monet painting. One of his famous Water Lilies. As I sat in my kayak and scanned the pond, my eyes were filled with hundreds upon hundreds of white…
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10 Things I’ve Been Meaning to Say to My Family Vacation This Year
Smoky Mountains National Park Bowling Green, KY Fork in the Road Mammoth Cave National Park Cuyahoga National Park
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Embracing the Silence: Reflections on the Almost Last Day of School
Sitting at my desk on the almost last day of school SILENCE The whir of the AC is all that reaches my ears SILENCE The halls are lonely SILENCE The walls are stripped bare SILENCE The school seems sorrowful SILENCE Summer for students has arrived SILENCE My tired teacher being rests in SILENCE resting and…
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The Battle Within: Body-Mind Tug-of-War
So this was the battle between my body and my brain this morning when the alarm went off. The thoughts bantering about clicked into a Poem for Two Voices. The blue is the messages of my body. The red are the thoughts in my mind. The purple words are said by both voices as they…
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Joyful Surprise: Unexpected Golden Gleam
Unexpected glint golden gleam in sunlight’s path lost earring found-joy! Unbelievable! Still can’t believe that I actually found this earring. Last evening, I was grocery shopping and ran into a friend. She pointed out that I was missing an earring. I had no idea where or when I had lost it. I just assumed it…
Doodads and Doodles
A collection of casual word sketches about daily life
Collect moments, not things.
Doodads and Doodles 