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Jul 213 min read
July 21, 2024: Realist or Optimist?
Optimists are defined as people who are hopeful and confident about the future. Pessimists are defined as those who tend to believe the...
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Jul 143 min read
July 14, 2024: Documents and Artifacts
I am about at the mid-point in the Summer Semester and the Social Studies Class I am teaching at the University. We are deep into the...
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Jul 72 min read
July 7, 2024: Rejections and Fan Mail
Life is a series of ups and downs. We can’t truly appreciate the joy without the sorrow. Failure means you are trying. There are so many...
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Jun 302 min read
June 30, 2024: Rules of Physical Therapy (and Writing)
This has been a very unusual summer for me. As I recover from my second knee-replacement surgery in 6 months, I am very limited in what I...
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Jun 232 min read
June 23, 2024: Confession- I Do Not Care for Graphic Novels
As a teacher, much of my summer reading list is filled with children’s literature. At this point I am working my way through the new...
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Jun 161 min read
June 16, 2024: Happy Father's Day
I have reached the age where my friends who are without their parents greatly outnumber my friends who still have one or both of their...
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Jun 92 min read
June 9, 2024: My Dormant Summer
The term dormant, in scientific terms, means the conserving of resources by going into a seep-like, or inactive state. Dormant can also...
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Jun 21 min read
June 2, 2024: Medical Miracles
They happen every day. So often, in fact, that we often miss them. Medical progress, procedures, medications, and interventions that...
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May 262 min read
May 26, 2024: Thank You Teachers!
Year 30 as a classroom teacher is now in the books. Last week was our last week of this school year. As you can imagine, it was a...
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May 192 min read
May 19, 2024: Feedback
“Mrs. Lindquist, I need some feedback…” One of my 5th graders plopped her laptop down on my desk and began to show me the slides she was...
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May 122 min read
May 12, 2024: Happy Mother's Day
I always believed that Mother’s Day was created by Anna Jarvis in 1908 and became an official U.S. holiday in 1914. A holiday put in...
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May 52 min read
May 5, 2024: Reinvention
I recently watched a TedTalk by Amy Sweezey, a former television meteorologist here in Central Florida. I have known Amy for 30 years. ...
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Apr 282 min read
April 28, 2024: Pitching Agents
I attended a Writer’s Conference earlier this month. Like all conferences, it was invigorating to be gathered together with other...
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Apr 212 min read
April 21, 2024; Flow
Flow, in psychological terms, is meant to show the state of being “in the zone”. The term is used by artists, athletes, and other high...
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Apr 143 min read
April 14, 2024: Journaling
“Do you always keep a journal?” A simple question that came up in a conversation with a gentleman I had recently met. We were at a...
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Apr 72 min read
April 7, 2024: Inky Hours
Inky Hours. I first read this term in the book Wintering by Katherine May. She uses it to refer to the darkest hours right before dawn....
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Mar 311 min read
March 31, 2024: Happy Easter
Easter is one of the few holidays in which the date we celebrate changes from year to year. It may be early, like this year and fall...
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Mar 242 min read
March 24, 2024: Little Free Library
Little Free Libraries. Those are the little boxes that appear in neighborhoods and communities where people can drop off and pick up...
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Mar 171 min read
March 17, 2024: Happy St. Patrick's Day
To all those who celebrate, Happy St. Patrick’s Day! “May your troubles be less and your blessings more, And nothing but happiness come...
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Mar 102 min read
March 10, 2024: The Power of the Backstory
I sat with my struggling 5th grade student. She was lamenting that her narrative had reached a point where she was totally stuck. She did...
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