Musings
A brief winter post
A view of the rail trail behind my house. F or anyone who reads this blog from time-to…
Musings
A meditation on student engagement
I t is our challenge to get students – and their parents and guardians – to bite from …
Photography
Proffed out
After sitting through a full day of professional development where I literally sat in …
Photography
Surviving Sandy
At this time one year ago, a freak snowstorm caused massive damage to Western Massachu…
Musings
Happy New Year
In a few hours, the clock will strike midnight and we'll bid adieu to 2011. After …
Musings
Keeping my jog on
I just got back from a 3.5 mile jog. One of my personal goals this year is to maintain…
Musings
Inside a Honda Accord
T hat's where I was, driving to my first education-related interview, when I learn…
Vocabulary
The new year
T omorrow marks the start of the new school year, my seventh at my current school. My …
Technology
A redesign... and a return?
A s you might have noticed, I recently changed this blog's template. The text area…
Musings
Three on three
L ast week I participated in a three-on-three basketball tournament at my high school.…
Musings
A quick hello
I haven't been posting much, as obligations with graduate school and a new course…
Reading
Literatue and the Carter Effect
O n a recent trip to get a haircut in the city of Northampton , I ended up giving a ho…
Writing
A look back at what was
Now seems as good a time as any to look back over the highlights of 2010... January 20…
Nature
Thank you, summer
T hank you, summer, for lazy mornings of blueberry-strawberry smoothies and iced coffe…
Musings
Happy summer!
C ongrats to all teachers out there who have made it through another year of trying to…
Reading
Another spin
L ast Sunday marked one more year that I've been around to partake in the earth…
Musings
Teacher and student
W ith the end of the school year in sight, it's no surprise that I find myself bus…
Musings
Restive times
I t's been the kind of day that's evocative of summer. Balmy temperatures, nei…
Musings
Power outage
A t around 4:00 in the morning, we lost power. Last night was an evening of fierce win…
Musings
Sylvanic scurryings... and basketball
T his afternoon I went for a jog through the woods behind my house. While this certain…
