Tomorrow, October 3, is Look at the Leaves Day! Not that we need a day set aside to look at beautiful fall leaves, but it’s nice to have the reminder to focus on the beauty of nature. Two of my favorite leaf viewing areas? The upper peninsula of Michigan (I’m a Michigan girl so this…
Let’s face it–lots of us have been feeling fall-ish for a while now. I’m actually eating a pumpkin spice muffin as I’m typing this. And speaking of pumpkin spice, click here for an indication that we’ve gone way too far with the obsession with this particular flavor! But I digress–fall is here! So here is…
When I have difficulty waking up in the morning, I will usually lay in bed and check out Facebook on my phone. It’s an enormous phone, and its piercing light generally wakes me up a little. Anyhoodle, this morning, one of the first status updates I noticed was a gripe about fall coming. “The earth…
We were not always the smartest kids on the bus. I’m thinking back to 1975 here. Still, I don’t think that changes the fact that we were foolish to think a pile of leaves stretched across the road was enough to prevent the school bus from getting to our stop. We tried, but the leaves…
Do you see what’s just ahead? Autumn. Autumn is all about change, and it’s no coincidence that the traditional school year starts on the cusp of autumn, since there are always so many changes at the beginning of each school year too. For example, my oldest son is in middle school. This week, all 1,100…
Stop and think for a moment about what makes your job easier as a teacher. There are some things you can control, but there are plenty you cannot. And so you are left trying to do your best with the tools you are given. This got me thinking about all the teachers who stop me…