Virtual education or distance learning is becoming more and more common. Regularly, now, you can see advertisements for distance learning establishments on the television and receive information through the mail or online. The establishments or more accurately, institutions, include services and classes for both K-12 education, college courses, and even degrees. There are many reasons…
Month: January 2018
A Writing Lesson for Gifted Students SOL#18
Recently I was called on twice in as many weeks to serve as an educational consultant. The topics in question were in separate disciplines but both have ties to my boys and their capacities as learners and individuals. Both instances made me feel good and reinforced what I believe is my true calling – teaching…
Silent Sunday: Mountains
Sugarcane Ditch Tubing Adventure on Kauai – A Travel Post
I have been wanting to do more travel posts. Today, thought I would post about a tubing adventure we took on the Hawaiian island of Kauai in July of 2013. Prior to leaving for vacation, my husband found the Back Country Tubing Adventure website. In our travels to Hawaii, we have always found it helpful…
Sliding Down a Slippery Slope: Do you ever feel like this?
Over the last couple of weeks, I have felt like I am on a very slippery slope, going down hill at speeds I cannot control and no upward swing at the end of the valley in sight. Do you ever feel like this? Do not get too worried, as you will see most of my…
WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Variations on a Theme, The Chrysalis
When this challenge was first posted, I was at a loss as to what I could share. Then, I remembered the thousands of photographs I have taken of the various stages of the Monarch Butterfly’s life cycle. My favorite stage is the third stage, the pupa, or chrysalis! I have been raising monarchs for 14…
Monday Morning Blahs
The rain was pounding on our bedroom windows at 6:30 this morning. I had heard the wind pick up earlier in the night. It is January, an odd time of year for such a storm. We should be getting snow and not rain. The subzero temperatures of earlier this month have receded to a mildness…
Volunteering: Part I Finding a Good Fit
For a large portion of my adult life I have been an active community volunteer. Thousands of my life’s hours have been spent volunteering! Most likely my earliest volunteer experiences occurred when we moved cross-country and I felt the need to immerse myself in a new community where we knew no one. Due to some…
The House of Insomnia
Late last night I was playing Words with Friends. It was 2:30 a.m. I was on the couch, in my own house of insomnia. Insomnia makes a visit to me frequently. I feel great when I can string several days to a week together without a visit from this affliction. Usually, it visits when I…
WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Silence
Below are my selections for my entry into The Daily Post’s Photo Challenge: Silence.