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 with the contrasts of green, pink, and purple that I feel it lends a great deal to the garden border. Offering the varying colors on…
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 up and my own experience supports that observation. As school restarts, it is a busy time for me as a non-formal educator. In the last…
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 how to keep working through a problem they might encounter along the way? Fostering resilience is part of an educator’s job. It is also a…
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…
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 friend, to make the gardens presentable for the school open house, which is this evening. When I planted with students this past May, I told…
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…
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 work environment in which there was a lot of negativity. This included cynical attitudes, disparaging remarks, and general lack of support for the department from…
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. As I’ve looked, and applied to at least one job that interested me, I’ve realized that I am overqualified for some and under qualified for…
Today is Slice of Life Tuesday, a day of the week that connects us with other writers and authors who post in the like named forum hosted by Two Writing Teachers! Today, I offer a true slice of my world from this morning! As many know, retail establishments run bargain days, sidewalk sales, and other types…
Believe it or not, I forgot it was Tuesday until just now. And, while I should be working on two summer school presentations I have to do tomorrow or plugging away on my two new summer grad courses that started yesterday, I am writing my blog post now. I try not to miss Slice of…