Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts
Saturday, August 16, 2025

New Year, New Mindset: A Garden of Ideas

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Summer always feels like an invitation to breathe differently. It's a good respite after 10 long months of teaching. It's a time and...
Saturday, July 19, 2025

Wonderful Ways to Embrace the Summer

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The heat and humidity are here, and we are knee deep in the middle of summer. I've already mentioned how this is my time to rebalance my...
Saturday, June 7, 2025

Ahhhh, Summer! The Glory Days for Teachers!

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I don't think I can fully put into words what it means to be a teacher who reaches summer vacation. No matter how much we love our job, ...
Saturday, August 24, 2024

Heading Back to School: 2024-2025

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There are certain traditions that teachers have during Back to School season. In the past, mine (along with probably millions of other teach...
Saturday, July 6, 2024

Watching Wildlife: Vacation Style

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As a follow up to my Watching Wildlife post earlier this summer, it seems only natural to share a little Canva creation I made from our fam...
Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Graduation Season

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School years are wrapping out and both teachers and students are getting out of school. One of my favorite times of the year as it is like s...
Saturday, June 8, 2024

Watching Wildlife

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As the weather is growing nicer in a lot of parts, here's some great advice from the National Park Service for anyone who may be out an...
Saturday, June 1, 2024

Marveling at Monarchs & Their Migration

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As the days warm up, I'm definitely outside more. Sitting at my patio table or lounge chair: sipping a cool beverage, reading a book, li...
Wednesday, March 27, 2024

The Power of Parklets

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Funny....sometimes when you run across something for the first time, the next thing you know is that you are seeing it everywhere.  This is ...
Saturday, September 2, 2023

Happy Labor Day Weekend

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For many of us we are just newly back to school, or maybe starting right after Labor Day. Given that, for many it's our first 3 Day week...
Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Contemplating the Complicated Emotions That Come With Back to School Season

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Back to School season always hits me with such a myriad of emotions.  I love teaching and I love my job (especially as it has evolved over t...
Saturday, July 15, 2023

Record Heat Waves

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Dorothy, we aren't in Kansas anymore.  Well, actually you may be, but these days--this year--it's proving to be hotter than ever bef...
Saturday, July 8, 2023

Southern Wildlife

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We recently vacationed "down south." Nature is a bit different down there. It's wilder and bigger than this midwest-raised gir...
Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Summer Solstice 2023

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According to Space.com summer officially began today at 10:57 am, EST . (And you thought it was just all day June 21st!) The reason there is...
Saturday, June 10, 2023

End of the School Year Reflection

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This week marks the end of my school year. I think if I'm counting correctly, it's the end of my 31st year of teaching. I suppose th...
Saturday, August 27, 2022

Growing Together With Community Gardens

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We've all come to know the saying, "It takes a village." That seems to go with just about everything.  Community gardens is an...
Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Wintering This Summer

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Every summer, our school has an all faculty read that unites us together during one of our first pre-planning, back to school meeting days. ...
Saturday, July 2, 2022

July Holidays Ahead

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July marks the official "halfway through the calendar" time of year. In some ways, the 4th of July marks that "halfway throug...