Hamilton. It’s a constant in my Facebook feed these days. To be honest, I am very grateful for it considering all the other posts that are predominantly pandemic/COVID-related. Lin-Manuel Miranda. He’s practically a household name. Did you know he and illustrator Jonny Sun wrote a beautiful book called “Gmorning, Gnight! little pep talks for me […]
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Books of past lives
I have discovered that quarantined life leads to a lot of house projects. The joys of home ownership! We have had a few so far, one of which was not planned. Enter: leaky toilet. UGH. This has been an ongoing problem that one brave plumber was willing to take on. It resulted in several large […]
You’re doing how much?!?!
When people ask how I’m doing and I tell them all that I’m doing (full-time job teaching, part-time job teaching, taking two grad school classes, reading lots of books … oh, and maintaining a happy marriage!), they always respond with “I don’t know how you do it!” I reply with, “I don’t either!” And laugh […]
“We have two ears and one mouth…”
I recently found myself in a meeting at work where we were doing some problem-solving. Admin was there and leading the conversation, which included a lot of storytelling to propose some possible solutions. I didn’t say a whole lot as I was mainly listening and didn’t feel there was anything I felt I needed to […]
Rediscovered loves…
I recently rediscovered one of my loves. My love for reading. I decided to challenge myself to read 54 books this year. I barely read 10 last year. Maybe 12. It’s January 21st and I am already starting my 6th book! I LOVE READING. I didn’t always used to love reading. In fact, I remember […]