After An Educator's Journey
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Once upon a time, I taught 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders. Now I’m retired and working on new ventures.
Category: Nothing in Particular
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One of the most important things that I felt I should do as an elementary teacher was to encourage children to learn to love reading. Along with the myriad of skills needed to learn the process of reading and comprehending, finding what clicked a child’s interest to learn to read was the catalyst. Interest built…
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This part of our journey brought us to Siracusa on the eastern coast of Sicily. Our stay for this part of the tour was on the island of Ortygia. Connected to Siracusa by bridges, Ortygia is not only a tourist and shopping area, but is also a residential neighborhood. The sea was churning and so,…
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There are several ways to get to the hilltop town of Erice. One is to take a Funivia or cable from Trapani. Another is to take a white knuckle drive and land at one of the town gates. But the third option – the one that is most enjoyable, is to stop partway to the…
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There is a particular beauty in writing when it resonates. I connected with this piece in today’s New York Times by Margaret Renkl, and through Ms. Renkl’s writing, I’m reminded of the power of observation of the natural world, of quietly reflecting on the order of the universe. I’m reminded that the natural world has…
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Wishing you peace, joy, and happiness Adrien & Amy
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My favorite weekend of the year is always the last weekend in July. The Lowell Folk Festival – a free (!) and frenetic amalgam of music, food, and culture – is worth planning around, which is, exactly what we do. Over the 31 years that the festival has been here, it seems to me it…
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In theory, I enjoy the idea of travel. In reality, I miss my “stuff”. And knowing precisely where everything is. There is nothing like 24 hours in airports and planes and a 6-hour time zone change to turn even the most Pollyanna-ish of us into raging maniacs of intolerance for humanity. And that is especially true…
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2015 has been a transition year for me – personally and professionally. What had always been has flipped end over end, and now there is a new lens through which the world is viewed. There is no holding on to the old as this world and the environment around me is always changing. Kind of like…
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A year ago, my patient spouse and I moved from an exurb to the city of Lowell, MA. Even though we lived in the center of this (formerly) small town, walking was not an easy activity. In fact the walk score for our former address was 24 – meaning most every errand requires a car. In addition to…
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Our Fourth Graders were charged this year with finding and executing a community service project. Luckily, we needed to look no farther than a small City park about a block from our school. Lincoln Square Park honors our 16th president with a monument erected by Lowell school children in the early 1900s and a small…
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