Senses alive in Leakey!
posted 3 months ago | 0 comments
We're still reliving all our wonderful experiences. The Frio chilled us on those 100 degree days. A porcupine scuttled into the road, making us laugh. Sam and Lewis chased it with their cameras. We girls vowed we wouldn't pick quills out of anybod...
Walking in the Hill Country
posted 3 months ago | 0 comments
We're enjoying the Leakey area--tubing down the river, eating peaches and ice cream, savoring Medina apple pie. The rain beating on the tine roof wakened me at 6 AM. I'm sure the farmers are thrilled about the rain, and it freshened everything.
Amazing lady
posted 4 months ago | 1 comment
My mother-in-law passed away Friday. She was a remarkable woman. My children will miss her very much. It is hard to grieve at first, when a person was so sick they were ready to leave this life. But the holidays will be difficult. How do you recon...
Art Museum
posted 4 months ago, updated 4 minutes later | 0 comments
I can't wait to see the Pompeii exhibit. We plan to view tomorrow. Sam patiently trails along. His favorite trip to the art museum was when the traveling exhibit from the Baseball Hall of Fame was on display. His least favorite was the Impressioni...
Celebrating summer
posted 4 months ago | 0 comments
I met Sam at Olive Garden after they turned the teachers loose. We tried the new chicken Milanese-it was scrumptious!
Graduation was a wonderful thing. We get to know our students personally since the school is relatively small. Some of those stu...
Graduation was a wonderful thing. We get to know our students personally since the school is relatively small. Some of those stu...
Awards Ceremony today
posted 4 months ago | 1 comment
but most heroic teachers won't be recognized. Teaching is like parenting; you lay it on the line for kids every day, but they won't realize it until they mature.
Still, recognized or not, you affect them for life. One day, they may help a child t...
Still, recognized or not, you affect them for life. One day, they may help a child t...
Life is Messy-Dabble in it!
posted 4 months ago, updated 1 minute later | 2 comments
On reflection--take a family. Throw in a couple of sons-in-law. Hope that eventually, their influence will dilute the original recipe. Toss thoroughly. Notice how the stew bubbles with squabbling and laughter. With one female pregnant, one menopau...
Galveston-muddy, but fun
posted 4 months ago | 0 comments
We spent the weekend at a beachhouse where our daughters and their men joined us. Samuel was there a little on the last day, as he has returned from a dive in Florida. We ate shrimpt, watched "The Wonder Years," swam in the muddy water, played gam...
TAKS scores are in!
posted 4 months ago | 0 comments
I'm grateful this morning. I teach ESL kids and 2 random groups of 6 graders. The 6 graders passed our state standardized test by 90%, compared to about 75 or less % passing rate for the rest of the student body.
Also, a couple of my ESL kids pas...
Also, a couple of my ESL kids pas...
Appreciation week
posted 4 months ago | 0 comments
This is my week to appreciate students' unique qualities.
It will be a bit tricky. I'd like to give them each a certificate. I'd like to design certificates based on personality and achievement rather than appearance, which the world applauds ofte...
It will be a bit tricky. I'd like to give them each a certificate. I'd like to design certificates based on personality and achievement rather than appearance, which the world applauds ofte...
