Random thoughts along the way
They say that every ending is a new beginning. I’m not sure if “they” really say that … but it’s a thought that has occurred to me a great many times over the years. The first time was in 1986 when my kids and I were on our way to a family reunion in… Continue reading Beyond the End: Touring Facebook
Even though I wrote “Breakfast at McDonald’s:Reflections on Voices and Values” in 1999, I still remember the thoughts that were running through my mind that day like it was yesterday. I don’t think I ever shared it with anyone except Molly’s mother because I felt like it was too negative, too pessimistic. I felt that… Continue reading Reflections on Voices and Values – June 4, 1999
I just now read through “Resolutions in Retrospect” for the first time in many years. I’ve skimmed through it as I’ve been going through my old writing … but haven’t really thought about what I discovered that New Year’s Eve in 1998. That was over 17 years ago! I’ve taken time between Thanksgiving and Christmas… Continue reading Resolutions in Retrospect – Dec. 30, 1998
I’ve been back in Brookings for a week and finally feel settled enough to get back to these blogs. As I was moving books from one shelf to another and filling a couple of boxes to donate to the library, a book that I’ve had for many years caught my eye. It’s called A Simpler Way… Continue reading Reorganizing – A Simpler Way
We’re finally back in Brookings after having to stay in the desert a couple of extra weeks because my car was stolen. Not only that … I had packed the back of my car with four or five large file boxes that I felt I needed to go through before moving forward on my writing.… Continue reading Leadership 2020: Homepage – 2001
Jesus says nothing about focusing on the family. In fact, he said quite the opposite. A quick Google search for the question “What did Jesus say about family?” led me to pages and pages of sites that try to dispel the literal interpretation of Luke 14:22-27 where He says we must “hate” our family to… Continue reading Focus on the Children – December 1998
Writing for me is a process, an internal conversation – a way to process my thoughts. I started this blog in 2009 for two reasons. One was to capture some of those random thoughts, and the other was to learn about “web logs” … or as I found out they were called: blogs. Edublogs… Continue reading Meanderings … and the Common Core Writing Standards
Richard and I are back in Brookings and I’ve already spent many happy hours in my office above our motorhome garage. This space has been little more than a storeroom since it was built – and it’s just now beginning to be used as we intended. The main reason we built this space was for… Continue reading Good Ideas – “Hackschooling”
I wrote this one for Spectrum – The “Occasional” newsletter from The Toy Landing at the Port of Brookings-Harbor. Richard and I bought that little toy store in 2001 – about the time I began attending Eric Jensen’s Learning Brain Expos. I had met all of the educators who were called the “Brains behind… Continue reading Some Thoughts on Learning – 2002
On February 5, 2009 I wrote that I had two reasons for starting this blog. The first was to have a place to express my ideas about learning and life in whatever “meandering” order they occur to me. The second was because I simply wanted to learn how a “blog” works. Here’s part of what… Continue reading Natural Learning
We’ve been sitting out in the middle of the desert about 5 miles from Quartzsite, Arizona for the past week and a half. Today we’re leaving for Lake Cahuilla – a little known County Park tucked directly behind PGA West in La Quinta, CA. Quartzsite is a strange little town. It’s almost a ghost… Continue reading Some Things Stick: S.T.A.R. Problem Solving
We arrived in Quartzsite, Arizona yesterday and will be here for a couple of weeks for the “Really Big” RV show. It’s a pretty amazing phenomenon: thousands of RVer’s descend on this tiny border town every winter to “boon dock” on BLM land and escape the weather at home. There’s not much to do here… Continue reading Creative Imagination