by Dawn | May 9, 2017 | Life
Sunrise… Tried to sleep in yesterday. I can’t, so I got up to write, as usual. This view… I could stand at that window forever, for the rest of my life, and not a single detail would get old. The magic of NYC to me is this: in a city of 9M people, I...
by Dawn | Aug 8, 2016 | Teaching
Are you ready for back-to-school season? All summer I’ve been anxious to know what I’ll be teaching this year, but that curiosity has finally gone away. What I teach doesn’t matter–it’s what students do with it that does. Here’s what I...
by Dawn | Jul 10, 2016 | Frugal Living & Sustainability, gardening, nature
Butterflies I run through a field of butterflies. Sun-kissed wings brush my arms. Delicate. Glowing. White. I must be in heaven. “They’re not butterflies. They’re moths,” she said. Pests to society. Destroying the world. Life is what you see. I...
by Dawn | Jan 24, 2016 | gratitude, Life, nature, self-improvement, sustainability
Greetings from snowy New England. A friend from Jersey texted “Be safe!” I smiled. “This storm’s going to miss us,” I thought. The roads were clear and people weren’t fighting over the last of the bread and milk. That’s how...
by Dawn | Dec 23, 2015 | gratitude, simplicity, spirituality
Go check your mail. You didn’t get a Christmas card from me. Again. I know–you sent me one like you do every year. Now that you know yours isn’t on the way, you probably regret being so nice all year. Truth is, I feel a little guilty. Years back,...
