My first class just graduated. Well, some of them did. I went to graduation for the first time this year. The senior class always comes around to each school inviting teachers. Not many go. I’d never gone, because I’d never had former students graduating, until now. Anyway. It kind of felt like my own graduation, [...]
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Graduated
Posted in Bright-eyed and Bothersome, Numble on June 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
No two ever alike
Posted in Bright-eyed and Bothersome, Numble on December 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I make snowflakes each year with my class. Proper, six-pointed snowflakes. No rectangular or square four-pointed deformities. It’s a great thing, unfolding that flake, wondering how it will look. A little mini Christmas surprise. Sometimes they don’t quite turn out as envisioned.
My First Politic©
Posted in Bright-eyed and Bothersome, Corbchops, Numble on November 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We’ve been hearing, this week, about the twentieth anniversary of the Berlin Wall coming down. In my mind, I have a memory of a political event. It is one of two things: Either the fall of the Berlin Wall; or the Soviet coup attempt. If it is the former, I was ten. For the later, [...]
Food, in the space of six days
Posted in Bright-eyed and Bothersome, Numble, Scrumdiddle on December 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
For many I’m sure, half the glory and delight of Thanksgiving food comes from the leftovers. The dinner itself is grand, indeed, but the creations that follow can be even more satisfying. Some at my house went with the traditional repeat plate, or the simple, beautiful turkey sandwich (though when the chance presents itself and [...]
