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Mid-week Wisdom
Mid-week Wisdom and/or Mischief

Mid-week Wisdom

We’ll ban books but not assault weapons? Where are our values? Continue reading Mid-week Wisdom

Mid-week Mischief
Mid-week Wisdom and/or Mischief

Mid-week Mischief

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What song speaks to you and why?
Us, Now & Then, What I'm writing...

What song speaks to you and why?

Its poignancy gets me every single time. Perhaps because in 1986 when the movie came out my daughters were growing up way too fast. I could see a time when they would be gone from home and be literally somewhere out there. Continue reading What song speaks to you and why?

Mid-week Wisdom
Mid-week Wisdom and/or Mischief

Mid-week Wisdom

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Has a book changed your life?
Healthy Habits for Happy Humans, What I'm writing...

Has a book changed your life?

A single book? No. How could it? But a lifetime of reading has changed me a lot. Continue reading Has a book changed your life?

Putting my expertise to good use in retirement
Healthy Habits for Happy Humans

Putting my expertise to good use in retirement

As a retired elementary school teacher and reading specialist, a classroom is my natural habitat, my happy place. And when our granddaughter was small I liked nothing more than volunteering in her classrooms… Continue reading Putting my expertise to good use in retirement

This grandma says…
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This grandma says…

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Mid-week Mischief
Mid-week Wisdom and/or Mischief

Mid-week Mischief

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Make time to actually enjoy the holidays this year
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Make time to actually enjoy the holidays this year

…those memorable Christmases of our childhood? I’m not convinced that they were perfect either. I think they exist as a composite, like “Christmas’s Greatest Hits” in our memory. Continue reading Make time to actually enjoy the holidays this year

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Mid-week Wisdom and/or Mischief

Mid-week Wisdom

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