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Monthly Archives: April 2015
Field Trip: Day 2
Posted in photography, school
Tagged field trip, luray caverns, Monticello, photography, school, students, teaching, wisteria, world war II memorial
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Field trip on steroids
I’m in Washington DC with 125 8th graders and 12 colleagues for four days. No more need be said.
This is Water
Posted in compassion, short films, videos
Tagged choices, commencement address, compassion, David Foster Wallace, graduation, how to think, kenyon college, short film, video
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Browsing
I went to a haiku poetry reading yesterday by the winners of a city-wide haiku contest for students through middle school. One of my students won a third place and two others received honorable mentions. The reading was held at … Continue reading
Posted in books, reading
Tagged amazon, books, browsing, Chicago, Goodreads, Hammond Beeby & Babka Inc, Harold Washington Library, libraries, reading, Thomas Beeby
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Trench Warfare
My middle school classroom is set up with big tables which makes a great space for projects and group work. When there’s a test, however, the students are often on top of each other. Most of my students would never … Continue reading
Posted in history, school, Teaching, World War I
Tagged over the top, school, students, teaching, test, trench warfare, trenches, World War I
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Magnolia and mitten
A photo for Earth Day.
Fiddlehead ferns for dinner
We first ate fiddleheads in Japan, in Kyoto, in a spring tempura dish. We were charmed not only by its visual on the plate, but also by its fresh spring taste. Tonight, to accompany our omelette, we sauteed some garlic, … Continue reading
Posted in garden, Japan, recipe
Tagged fiddlehead ferns, garden, garlic, japan, kale, king trumpet mushrooms, kyoto, onion, recipe
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Moto no aware
I took this photo of Sakura (white cherry blossoms) and Ume (pink plum blossoms) three years ago in Kyoto after walking through miles of bright orange tori gates at Fushimi-Inari. In Japan the timing of sakura blooming is closely monitored and when … Continue reading
Posted in Japan, nature, spring, tree
Tagged cherry blossoms, fushimi inari, impermanence, japan, kyoto, mono no aware, pathos, sakura, spring, ume, wistfulness
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Nexus 