*Blog title to the tune of Pink Floyd’s “School’s Out for Summer.”*
Pink Floyd was singing a different set of lyrics, but for me and the other teachers in the county school will be in tomorrow. We’ve got a week of “planning days” before the big shebang starts up on August 10.
(Last year “planning days” were a lot of trainings and meetings with a few hours of planning scattered in. We’ll see how it goes this year.)
Read More »School’s In Tomorrow
Since I moved, I often do an evening walk along the Bay. The other night it occurred to me just how far from Ohio I am nowadays.
The physical distance is 1,100 miles. My route, both physical and spiritual, has been much more convoluted along the road less traveled.Read More »A Long Way from Ohio
I’ve been feeling glum this week, yet I’ve known I need to pull myself out of it.
It’s been over a year since I put anything into my gratitude jar. Today the jar stared my in the face, with its accumulated dust. I decided to restart the tradition.Read More »Burning with Gratitude
Pulled in all directions
Chips and cracks galore
It’s had its ups and downs
Amazing
It hasn’t shattered
If it does
Who will bring the glue?Read More »Cracked but Not Broken
Performing some acts of courage is like running hurdles. You build up to the jump. You mentally prepare yourself and put your leg out to sail over, hoping to clear the landing and keep on running after you’ve crossed it.Read More »Hurdles
I hope all of the readers in the U.S. had a safe and wonderful Independence Day weekend.
And to all of my readers, Happy Blogiversary! LivingDaringly.com has been up and going for three years now!Read More »Celebrations
I’ve had a decent mix of exploring, creating, and relaxing since I got settled down here. The ratio has probably been a little heavier on the exploring and relaxing components.
But I’ve started working on some projects I’ve had in mind too.Read More »Projects and Ponderings Galore
This summer is the first chunk of time I’ve had off with no obligations in years. Perhaps even a decade.
However long, it’s been a long time….Read More »At-home Tourist
I find as I grow more familiar with my new hometown, I’m developing a sense of pride about living here. As I explore, I find… Read More »Pride