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Month: June 2018

Posted on June 30, 2018June 30, 2018

Hiatus

While taking a hiatus over the Forth of July Holiday, I thought I would provide some links to past blog posts for your reading enjoyment. On Reading The Gift of…

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Posted on June 29, 2018

Time Management Problems in June

May becomes June Seriously, I do not know what happened to the month of June this year! Having an extremely busy May due to a high school graduation, family coming…

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Posted on June 28, 2018June 28, 2018

If You Fill It, The Frogs Will Come

We have a new housing development going in adjacent to our property. There are 45 homes being built on what was a very large corn field up until 2 years…

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Posted on June 26, 2018June 27, 2018

How Can We Prepare Students to be Global Citizens When We Rarely Hire From”Outside” Our Own Communities?

Teachers, Principals, Superintendents, all with links to our community.  Some of these people were students at our high school, student teachers in our classrooms, life long community members residing in…

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Posted on June 25, 2018June 25, 2018

Dutch Goes the Photo Challenge: New

Since the Weekly Word Press Photo Challenge has been discontinued, I have been surfing around the blogosphere for other photo challenges in which I can regularly participate. Dutch Goes the…

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Posted on June 24, 2018

Silent Sunday: Signs of Summer

 

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Posted on June 23, 2018June 23, 2018

Fruit Tree Status Report and Climate Change Musings

By this time, we usually have cherries. We have several varieties of sour cherries growing in our home fruit orchard.  Last year we were over flowing. At least four other…

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Posted on June 22, 2018June 22, 2018

More Visits from My Friend, Insomnia.

For weeks, while I was extremely busy and more than a little stressed, Insomnia stayed away from me. I was happy to have a break from this unwanted visitor who…

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