My Gardens This Fall
For the first time ever this year I planted flowering Kale. I used it both in my home gardens as well as the gardens at school. It is so colorful…
Category: slice of life tuesdays
Reaching out – Out Reach: The Last Two Weeks.
It is the height of the monarch migration season. By all reports, it has been a great year to be involved in the conservation of this species. Summer numbers are…
Qualities of Leadership Series: #2 Resilience
What do you consider important for students to know? Is it the content in your class? Is it how to apply that content to everyday life? Or, might it be…
Bouncing Degrees & Graduation Dates
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…
The Circle of Life in a Seed Head
Twice in the last week, I visited the school garden which I have been in charge of caring for since last October. I’ve been deadheading and weeding, alone and with a…
A Nice Note to Start the School Year!
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…
How does being an optimist, a pessimist or a realist effect your happiness?
What do you classify yourself as? Are you a pessimist, an optimist, or a realist? Part of my husband’s change in jobs last January was to get away from a…
Over or Under Qualified? The Job Hunt.
A few months ago I posted about looking for a job. You can read my post here. I wrote it in February. It’s August. I still don’t have a job.…
