This year my son’s youth soccer team decided to participate in the USA Cup, held this week in Blaine, Minnesota just north of the great city of Minneapolis. The last few years he participated in league play through a team associated with MYSA, one of the youth soccer associations in the state of Minnesota. We…
Silent Sunday: Monarch Madness
Time Away: Reset II
Over the years, I have known many of my friends to take time away from their families. Mind you, this isn’t, and not meant to be, an extended break. Most of it consists of a day or a weekend; some might possibly take a week. The time spent away might be a trip required for…
A Dose of Happiness
So my intention this week was to start going to the YMCA regularly – every day – five days in a row. It’s Friday. How did I do, you ask? Well, let’s just say that I met my exercise goal for the five days but not my goal of getting to the Y five days…
Raising Monarchs: Part II – Mid-July
As of last night, this monarch breeding season has allowed me to raise and release 13 adult monarch butterflies! That number is many times greater than than last year at this time, when I had only released one, on July 9th. Last year, although a great late season in tagging numbers, had a very slow…
Teaching Out of a Bag: The World of Informal Educators
For the first time ever, I got to teach a class during a summer school session today. It sounds kind of crazy but I have always wanted to teach summer school. For many years, I asked. For many years, nothing came of it. But, being at a different school this year, in a different district,…
“Feels So Good”
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…
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Wonder
This photograph definitely was accompanied by a state of wonder! It was taken Christmas Morning, 2015, as the sun rose over the clouds at daybreak on Mt. Haleakala, a volcano on the island of Maui. We were at the summit with a few hundred other TOGs and families. We were blessed with a clear morning,…
The Beginning of the End
Upon Arrival Why was I so nervous? I was here, finally! He was there, right in the other room, talking. Talking? But, who was he talking to? We were in the apartment alone. He was never in the habit of talking to himself, at least he wasn’t when I last saw him. That was over…
Silent Sunday: Midwest Hiking Scenes
Trempealeau Wildlife Refuge, Prairie Loop Trail, © Carol Labuzzetta, 2017