Today is Slice of Life Tuesday. This means my blog is shared with other bloggers via the forum founded by TwoWritingTeachers.org. I am proud to have been a part of this supportive writing community, many of whom are educators, since March of 2017. School Year Commences Today, the school year begins for our resident school…
Stealing an idea from a fellow Slicer, who wrote about Ten Things Tuesday last week, I am going to recount ten things that mean September is here! 10. Cooler nights. We were able to open the windows for a couple of days this week, but rains moved in and humidity stayed high, so we ended…
If you’ve read any of my prior posts on color, you know that color means a lot to me. Invariably someone, at sometime in my life, has commented on the sense of color I seem to possess. While it might not be a rare quality – to have a heightened sense of color – it…
Over the course of the last year, I’ve done a great deal of soul-searching. I have come to the following conclusion. Life is all about perspective. It is filled with different ways to look at things. And choosing to look at things one way, as opposed to another influences your happiness. It’s a matter of…
Tagging Season Tagging season is here! My tags arrived from Monarch Watch last week. I had to wait a few days until a few of the chrysali were ready to burst forth with new monarchs. But, the day came on August 25th. Three monarchs were released and tagged that day….The first of the 2018 tagging…
Climate change is upon us! Of that, I have no doubt. From the wildfires in California to Hurricane Lane barreling down on Hawaii to the recently flooded streets of Madison, Wisconsin and parched fields produced in a Texas drought, humans everywhere are feeling the change. Although my examples are confined to the U.S., areas all…
Periodically this summer I have been posting on my progress with raising monarch butterflies this season. Part I: Silent Sunday: Raising Monarchs Mid June Photo only Post Part II: Mid July Part III: Early August It is the 15th year I’ve raised monarchs and, as an Environmental Educator, I am active in other aspects of…
As with other educators, I am spending time getting ready for a new school year. Yes, even non-formal educators, such as myself, do this. This morning I revised my garden club membership – permission slip letter for this coming school year. I am hoping for an increased enrollment as this is my second year at…
Yesterday was August fifth! I honestly do not know where this summer has gone! In the past, during most summers, I kept my boys busy with enrichment exercises to prevent what is commonly known as the summer slide. When they were younger this meant involvement in the library reading program, tracking all the books they…