Poetry Friday: Weddings
White Wedding Dress. Table Top Ferns of Green. Comfortable shoes for dancing. Favorite Comfort Foods Served. The first dance – Classic music gathers friends and family, Glenn Miller’s In the…
Author: theapplesinmyorchard
Key Phrases of Life
Teachers who post to the Slice of Life blog forum offered by TwoWritingTeachers.org pick their one little word (OLW) in January to guide them forward in the coming year. I…
Nature Education…Stepping on a Nest of Ground Bees!
Today, I went into the field with our land manager and another coworker to do some work on invasive species – namely, buckthorn. It was storming when I awoke around…
From Sweet Pup to Taz in the Blink of an Eye!
Tomorrow it will be two weeks since we got a puppy. Her name, as you might already know, is Molly. She’s a yellow labrador – now 11 weeks old. Has…
Running the Race (of Life)
What’s the difference between a 100m dash and a marathon? Nothing. You have to train for both. One requires speed and one requires endurance. If you cannot get out of…
Leadership Series: How do you teach modesty?
When you think of a modest person, you do not equate them with the following actions: Blowing their own horn… Boasting… Bragging… Conceitedness… Merriam Webster defines modesty “as the quality…
School, Creativity, and Work: Using all three for Life’s Balance
It took me until I was in my 40’s to discover (or rediscover) my creative side. In school, I was a serious student, striving for straight A’s (usually getting them),…
