a gratitude practice
Posted in Education, grant writing on Feb 19th, 2009
I am up to my eyeballs in grant writing for the next three weeks, feeling overwhelmed and exhausted already – and I’m not even in the week before a deadline! I’m having trouble finding the joy in all, but my colleague Jess Riley has managed to keep a sense of humor. If you want a [...]
Posted in 9-5, daily, Education, nature, travel, winter, Wisconsin on Nov 10th, 2008
I spent the day driving around northern Wisconsin, visiting school districts for whom I’ll be writing grants this year. On a drive from Superior to Mellen, I saw three bald eagles. These enormous creatures just perch in the tree branches next to the highway, casually watching me drive by, oblivious to the involuntary patriotic fervor [...]
Posted in daily, Education, friends, International, travel on Aug 21st, 2008
I have been full of nostalgia lately. Memories of the past ten years have been invading my mind with a vividness I hadn’t realized was still there. I think about my days at Miami University and I can smell the coffee machine in the lobby of the building where all my early morning psychology classes [...]
Posted in Education on Jul 22nd, 2008
Any day that I learn about something totally awesome that I had no idea existed, I call it a good day. Today, I am grateful for Parkour and for happening upon it. Officially, “Parkour is the art of moving through your environment using only your body and the surroundings to propel yourself.” In practice, it [...]
Posted in 9-5, Education, Sun Prairie on May 13th, 2008
If you ever need an adrenaline shot of democracy-lovin’, attend a local school board meeting where the items on the agenda have got the people riled up. Most of us sit back and effortless reap benefits from the work of martyr public servants until it changes our own lives. Then, move over and give me [...]
Posted in Education, grant writing, photos, teaching on Apr 23rd, 2008
Yesterday was a great day. I finished my last major grant of the year and turned it in to DPI (a day early!) I drove and parked downtown to run it into their offices and scored a awesome parking spot, right next to their building with time still in the meter. Then, I taught my [...]
An expression of gratitude for all that is good in my life.
