Baby, I’m AMay-zd

May 1, 2024

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Welcoming May in The Garden of Eddy

Demeter’s Dreams

April 24, 2024

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Planting, hoping, trying, failing, living & dying in The Garden of Eddy.

Practicing Critical Thinking & Compassion

March 27, 2024

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Every type of Christian is a Christian, and it's not Christian to reject a Christian for the way they practice, is it?

Muskrat Midwifery

March 20, 2024

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Muskrat Musings

Reaching Out, Giving Hope: Mentoring Across the Generations

August 7, 2015

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A few months ago, I started seeing teachers posting anecdotes online under the title, “Evaluate This!” in response to the current practice of evaluating teachers, even those who don’t teach in tested subjects, on the standardized (English and Math) test scores of students. Teachers and students are so much more than data points, and test […]

Back to the Roots: A Tribute to Cathy Fleischer, PhD.

July 19, 2015

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There is one teacher in my life who has played a tremendous role in my education, for she has been my teacher for over 20 years. When I was an undergrad in English Education at Eastern Michigan University, I had the great good fortune to have been scheduled into an English Methods class taught by […]

This Is Our Story: The Maples of A125

July 19, 2015

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June 2014 It’s 12:35 on my 3rd day of summer break. I’m at school. I’m interviewing students, listening, trying to find out what kind of experiences they’ve had in my classroom, looking back at twenty years of teaching Adrian Maples. I’ve decided to start writing about it–a memoir–in parts–on a blog. I am so happy […]

Seasonal Work: A Poem 

April 11, 2024

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A song is born!

Feeling Foolish

April 3, 2024

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I've been a fool, and try as I might to avoid it, I may be again!

Flower Power

March 13, 2024

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I am obsessed with flowers!

L-O-V-E Letters: Songs

March 6, 2024

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for Anthony & Brian “I think of your letters as love letters,which is how I think of songs,in that it is the writing of these thingsthat tend to carry us along.” I’m learning to sing “Soft Shoulder” by Ani DiFranco for my friend, Chris. The quote above comes from the lyric. I like to learn […]

Posted in: Mindfulness, Music, Wellness

Pines & Peace; Past & Present

February 28, 2024

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"Any clodhopper may say: Let there be a tree - and there will be one.” ― Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

Foggy, Frosty Fen Friend

February 21, 2024

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Dave and I enjoy our first hike of the new year at Ives Road Fen.