By, mid-afternoon yesterday, we heard of more local universities moving classes to an online platform due to the COVID-19 virus. While we understand this move, moving a course (or, worse – part of a course) online is not as easy as it sounds. While I’ve never taught online, I do have digital course experience. In…
Upon awakening today I noticed you, a dull ache over my right eye. Why have you come? Why, on such a beautiful day, are you bothering me? There were no answers. I didn’t expect any. Just your presence was enough to make yourself known; you did not need to provide explanations. Coffee will cure…
Tomorrow, my husband and I will finally get around to planting part of our yard as native prairie. We have a spot behind our barn that we formally used as a vegetable patch growing corn, peas, bean, peppers, tomatoes, and pumpkins over the years. The patch is not huge, but it is not tiny either….
Today, I set out to write a shorter post. I know most of my posts are too long for the Slice of Life Challenge – even though there is no posted minimum or maximum length. I found this to be true from the past two years’ experience. I’ve noted that the posts of others are…
There are only 18 posts left on my blog until I reach the milestone of 1,000 blog posts! This is something to definitely celebrate! I am seeking ideas on how I can celebrate with my blog readers. What do you think? Should I do some kind of give away? If so, what? Should I set…
Recently, I’ve given a lot of thought into the cultural phenomenon of talking over someone. You might know this better as interrupting. We spend a lot of time in schools today on character development and teaching kindness. And, while that is okay and I do understand the need for it, I think that in some…
Okay, so in my haste to do two photo challenges today in an effort to make my 1,000 view goal for the month of February, I misread the challenge directions! Apparently, it is a smartphone challenge where the photo has to be taken with a smartphone AND you can only post one photo. So, since…
Jansen’s Photo Challenge of the week is yard. He tells us and is correct, that there are many ways in which to take this challenge. I stuck with some very traditional interpretations of the word. Still, when I saw what the challenge was, I knew I wanted to participate!
Over the last four days, I’ve been in a hospital environment three times, on three different days. The first was emergent. That and the second visit were unplanned and a third visit, today’s, was a scheduled visit. None of the visits brought bad or unexpected news, so you can relax, this is not a post…