Thanks to my friend Vicky for getting us out there... On the Reno High track. Speed workouts are terrible, they hurt, I feel like I can't breathe but they're also super satisfying. Things that are hard are with doing. I introduced the writing station today and worked to help my students see that they can …
Tag: reflection
What’s the word, bird? UP!
Yesterday I had time to reflect on my #oneword2016 - UP. Zack and I were UP in an airplane on our way home from Nashville where I attended the Spring Convening for America Achieves national and Tennessee fellows. Spending minutes, hours and days with some of the most passionate, smartest, most thoughtful and kindest educators in the …
perspective – from the top and from the bottom
I love the challenge that #1every2weeks (1 blog post every 2 weeks) gives me and suddenly realized it's already January 11th so I better get going! Last Monday Zack and I were back at the UC San Francisco Hematology and Blood and Marrow Transplant clinic for a hematology follow up about Zack's future treatment. The waiting …
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Thanks for the white space, Mother Nature
Yesterday (November 7 2015) the #leadup twitter chat was about white space, which was a new term but not concept to me. For years, my mom has taken 15 minutes each afternoon to put her feet up. She lies on the floor and rests her lower legs on a chair so that her hips and knees …
Running in the Rain
We have received some much needed and rare rain in Lake Tahoe this weekend. While I was running down the Tahoe Rim Trail in more than a drizzle/less than a downpour the other day, I reflected on how easily reflection comes to me as an adult. It is completely natural for me to look back …
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