#BRAVEWARNINGLABELCHALLENGE – Carol Labuzzetta If I came with a warning label, this is what it would say: WARNING: Extreme intensity on topics inciting passion, Including, but not limited to: The Environment, Monarch Butterflies, K-12 Education, Transformation, Equity, and Giftedness. Proceed with conversational caution, knowing the connection might last several hours, or result in overflowing emotions with unintelligible speech…
This weekend is the summer festival weekend, A.K.A. Kornfest, for our town! There are carnival rides, a car show, bands in the beer tent, fireworks, funnel cakes, a fun run, a lengthy parade, and now a craft show. Over the eighteen years we have lived here, the festivities have grown. It is a large, anticipated,…
It is the end of summer. This means running around for school clothes and classroom supplies. Over the years, I have found it easier to just take my boys on separate days. So, yesterday I finished up by taking my 17-year-old out for his turn. We spent a couple of hours in places like Dick’s…
During the last week, I have resumed care of my monarchs in very stages of their life cycle. Right now, I have the following: 8 Chyrsalises 4 Larvae in J hooks 4 Larvae in the earliest instar stages 2 eggs What is unusual about this year, besides getting a very late start to finding monarch…
Some areas across the nation have already started back to school! I know this from listening to the news, reading social media, belonging to a teacher blog-writing community, and talking with friends. Here, in the upper mid-west, our summer is not quite over, but it is close. Most districts have two to three more weeks…
Books have played a major part in my life. I cannot remember a time I was not a reader. A particular book about a Runaway Pancake was my favorite as a small child. Then, came Winnie the Pooh, Charlotte’s Web, Stuart Little, James and the Giant Peach, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. All the…
Yesterday was Left Handers Day – one of those fun holidays that help us to celebrate our differences as humans. I am not left-handed, however I was raised in a family with two left handed parents and a sister (younger) that also turned out to be left handed! When I was young and being taught…
Being in a different community (county) for a week got me thinking about the old Sesame Street Song, The People in Your Neighborhood. Everyone you meet on Bermuda is so nice. I am not sugar-coating our visit or trying to be sappy; it is just a true statement! From the hostess who sat us at…