Today all the kids ate lunch together out on the front deck of our little vacation place. They had a nice time together. They were laughing and having fun and talking and there wasn’t a device in sight. I was going to post this picture on Facebook or Instagram, but I never got around to […]
Parenting
Schools Need Time To Execute and Refine
We are heading into a seemingly impossible time if you have school-aged children or you are a teacher. Teachers are going to have to navigate waters they have never entered before. They are going to have to operate under some inconceivable conditions. Parents are more polarized than ever. Some feel very strongly about sending their […]
How To Start Planning Your Week (Part 1)
How many times have you gotten to the end of the day or the end of the week and accomplished very little of what you had hoped to get done? Or conversely, how often have you checked off all the items on your to do list but still not really made an headway toward reaching […]
Maybe This Is A Good Time To Change The Way We Educate
I would not want to be a teacher right now. NOT AT ALL. They are normally in impossible situations, but now the impossibility factor has leveled up a couple dozen notches. Teachers have been sailing through uncharted waters for the past few months, and the unfamiliar seas are about to get even rougher, I think. […]
Hiking In Connecticut — Paugussett State Forest
It was a beautiful day in CT today, and the kids and I checked out a new place to hike. I was looking for a place where they could swim, and we found the best spot (thanks to a tip from a friend). There are multiple entrances/parking lots, and we parked at the entrance on […]
Massive Action and Sitting In Discomfort
Right around this time last year, I wrote a post entitled I’m Taking Massive Action. As I look back on that post, I find myself in almost the exact same situation right now. Trying to work from home with the kids here 24/7 for the last four months has made things a little more challenging […]