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Bumper Sticker Fandom
Yesterday, someone cut in front of me on the highway. I slammed on my breaks and leaned on my horn, but the driver sped away without even a glance in his mirror. He could have waved, or, you know,...
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The Books on the Shelves
I’m cleaning out my bookshelves and getting rid of books. Marie Kondo-ing my space and deciding what sparks joy and what does not. Okay, maybe not completely Marie Kondo style. I don’t think I can...
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Sunflowers
“Nothing gold can stay.” – Robert Frost The sunflowers are blooming in my garden. Planted a few months ago, I watched them pop out of the ground, tiny green shoots reaching through the dirt, standing...
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The Call to Rally
Here’s what standing with 290,000 people bathed in blue and white, and red, white, and blue is not: It is not cowering in a library as a mask-covered mob beats at the doors, demanding to be let in. It...
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Oops! Sorry about that!
So you know those emails that just spammed you? That was just me not understanding technology. This is my formal apology for filling your inbox with blog posts from the past that suddenly jumped to...
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The Strength to Celebrate
The following is the speech I gave at my son’s Bar Mitzvah on June 23, 2019. It was a party that we almost cancelled around a dozen times prior to the event due to the difficulties surrounding his...
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Team Binny – Binny’s Speech
I posted the video of Binny’s speech that he gave at the Team Lifeline Pasta Party on his Facebook page, but the sound quality was poor and people asked for copies of the speech. So with Binny’s...
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To My Students (on the day before we start our online class)
Dear Students, Tomorrow is our first class online. I have to admit, I’m a little nervous. Not so much because we’re online – that part is easy. I mean, what could be so hard about talking to a computer...
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Authentic Education – Lessons from Teaching During a Pandemic
When my school went on Zoom and our entire staff shifted from the classroom education model we all knew so well to a new platform we needed to master within a weekend, we all thought it would only be...
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In God’s Country
It took me 50 years to finally get to a National Park and I seriously cannot understand why I waited that long. Truth is, I don’t think I ever fully realized the scope of this country I live in, the...
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