My husband has been playing piano for about 7 years, taking lessons as an adult and learning to read music. A few weeks ago he asked his piano teacher if she knew someone who might be interested in playing along with him, as he felt it would help improve his playing if he accompanied someone. She […]
Nature vs First Grade
Working as an assistant all day in a classroom with 19 first grade boys can be exhausting. I am usually spent by days end. At the moment I am reevaluating if I want to continue doing what I am doing or look into other options. Am I burned out after 5 years in the classroom? […]
Remembering My Brother
I received a package from my sister last week filled with old photos that had been in old family albums. I wrote about it here. In among those photos were some of my brother that I had never seen before. Two years ago yesterday he died, taking his own life after struggling with mental issues […]
The Weekly Smile
Yesterday I received a package in the mail from my sister. She had been sorting through old photo albums that belonged to my mother and sent me close to 100 photos she thought I might like to have. Many were duplicates that are in my own albums, but some I had never seen, or had no […]
End of Day-End of Week
It has been a long, drawn out week with disturbing things happening at work which have zapped my energy physically and emotionally. On the positive side, the daylight hours are growing longer and it is still light when I leave work now. Today I just had to stop to watch the sun set- I took these […]
Good Morning Tuesday!
Just today and tomorrow in school and then I’m off for winter vacation!! Makes it easier to get through the day with that in mind. Also helps to have spoken with an administrator in school about the ongoing problems I am having with the head teacher I work with. Doubtful the teacher will change or […]
The Weekly Smile
A few weeks ago my weekly smile was receiving an invitation to a wedding from a young girl I had mentored from 2004 until 2008. I volunteered in a “Big Sister”/Mentoring program and I was paired up with a young girl who had a troubled home life and needed some time away from it once […]
Who Says A Beach Chair is Just for the Beach?
Yesterday brought the first real snow of the season, it snowed the entire day, but fortunately did not add up to that much. By evening there was about 6 inches on the ground and it was light and fluffy and not a problem to shovel. The temps are bitter cold, last night 16, and today […]
Winter Light
I leave for work at 7:45 in the morning and my work day ends at 4:45. The sky is dark in November and December as I get into my car, the sun having set earlier. During the day I am fortunate to work in a building that has an indoor bridge connecting two buildings, which […]
Good Morning New Year!
I started the year off by visiting my favorite local trail and seeing if the squirrels who live in a tree house there were home. I wrote about them previously here. I looked up and made some “clucking” type noises to see if anyone would come out and say hello. After a minute or so […]
The Weekly Smile
In 2004 I volunteered in a “Big Sister”/Mentoring program. I was paired up with a young girl who had a troubled home life and needed some time away from it once a week after school for a few hours. This young girl was 10 or 11 at the time, and we would go out to […]
TGIF!!!!
I can’t help taking things to heart, getting upset at how unkind someone can be, not being able to wrap my head around how someone can stay so rooted in the same place not being able to ever step outside their neat little black and white world, leaving no room for the gray areas. Especially […]
Giving Thanks
I walked for two hours Thanksgiving morning, leaving just after the sun rose. It was cloudy and the forecast called for rain later in the day so I wanted to head out early. I visited my favorite local trails and took in the beauty around me, thinking of the friends no longer on this Earth […]
Memory
Memory: the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information. Something remembered from the past; a recollection. It is funny how something can trigger a memory, remind us of a time from our past, remind us of someone we loved who is gone. I attended a concert at a local library on […]
Happy Friday-Enjoy the Weekend!
Monday Monday
Hey It’s Monday! The start of another week! Have a good day all!
Try To Love One Another
I awoke to the news that Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. I found it to be a sad statement on where the people of the US are now, seeing they have elected a man whose campaign was based on fear mongering, poking fun at the disbaled, and dividing a country rather […]
Wordless Wednesday
Constructive Criticism is an Oxymoron
This week at work there was a major blow up between 3 first grade teachers and the music teacher. For many years there has been a certain degree of dissatisfaction among the teachers with the way the music class is run, but nothing has ever been said directly to the music teacher about it. Three […]
Thursday’s Special:Traces of the Past
A view from Notre Dame, Paris A trace of the past in France, a trace of my past in 1981 Thursday’s Special – Traces of the Past
Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge
Cee’s Which Way
Wordless Wednesday
Trail Time
I was finally able to take a walk along my favorite neighborhood trail today. The leaves here have really not started changing yet, I saw just a few smaller trees beginning to turn color. I did notice berries along the way and a hint of color here and there- blooming bushes not quite done blooming […]
A Photo a Week Challenge: Glowing
Nature at its best. You can almost feel the warmth in the glow Nancy Merrill A Photo A Week
Travel theme: Fierce
This was photo was captured in the split second my cat Yofie, was yawning. She looks fierce, but in truth she was just tired. Fierce
A Day In The Life 
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