Acorn Awakenings
Acorn Awakenings
A Lesson from the Kids~~~ My family had a tradition of sharing a week away at the beach in the summertime when the kids were off from school. We would all meet up and rent a house and squeeze in some family fun. I remember one year my niece Morgan, 7 years old at the […]
The Art of Civil Discourse and Compromise Read More »
My Lesson from Russia of Long Ago~~~ In 1991 I had taken a group of high school students to Russia for three weeks as part of a People to People International program. Started by President Eisenhower, People to People professed that if young people from the United States could connect with young people from other
The Language of Love Read More »
I have a sweet friend who now lives in Tel Aviv with her family so I sat up tall and took extra notice when news of the attack on Israel by the Hamas was announced. Continue reading on Medium.
The War in Israel: A lesson from nature Read More »
The mango lady taught me the most important lesson of the pandemic. No, it wasn’t about the best masks to wear or the ideal hand sanitizer with the correct percentage of alcohol or how to Zoom with breakout rooms. It was something even more significant, something we all know but sometimes forget. Entrance: The Supermarket
A Pandemic Primer: Meet the mango lady. Read More »
I looked forward to finishing my coursework with The 1619 Project. I savored the sense of satisfaction with the completion of a goal and a noteworthy one at that. I also hoped to free up some additional reading and writing time. However, the end of this coursework became the beginning of what I will call
Looking Back on Twelve Weeks with The 1619 Project Read More »
With so much mayhem in 2020, so many of us are feeling helpless and hopeless. So much feels out of our control. While we embrace the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference, I am here to tell you
The Power to Effect Change: How we can create big changes using simple shifts. Read More »
Outcries for justice and enough already pervade the psyche of the nation and the world. The word “racism” seems to have become a trigger word for people of all races, those who have historically been a target of racial biases, those who have been bystanders as well as upstanders, and even those who may perpetuate
Minneapolis Mirror: Being the change we wish to see. Read More »
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Me First: Being the change we wish to see. Read More »
I used to tell Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” to my English students. I’d start with a sketch on the blackboard. My artistic rendition always left much to be desired but it gave them a reference for the narrative. These people are in a dark cave from birth and have been chained to face the
A deadly weapon gets into the hands of a troubled teen and seventeen people die with others wounded and a town, a county, a state, and a nation reel from the shock of it all. Our world got loud. We didn’t hear the whispers so life had to shout:Take care of the children.Heed the warning