by Dawn | Feb 18, 2014 | self-improvement
I want to have coffee with a friend. We struggle to squeeze it in. “How about two Fridays from now?” Why can’t we get our calendars to stop fighting so we can drink coffee? Eventually, one calendar wins. Coffee arrives. What starts as coffee with a...
by Dawn | Feb 13, 2014 | Teaching
They call it “The Curse.” Kids started begging me not to attend their games. Me! Their one fan. We didn’t get a lot of fans in those days because we’re regional and we didn’t win. “Casey! You’re cursed. Don’t come,...
by Dawn | Jan 17, 2014 | Teaching
Gum is evil. It’s something I didn’t understand in my younger days. Now I do. I used to think gum was good. When kids’ mouths are closed, I teach, kids listen. I used to use Jolly Ranchers for this. I’d give loud kids two Jolly Ranchers each. I...
by Dawn | Aug 29, 2013 | Teaching
“Tell me how you liked the book.” We sat in the professor’s parlor–about ten or twelve of us, a small history cohort. The professor was an old-style academic from the Midwest, who had completed his masters’ degree at the university where...
by Dawn | Jul 12, 2013 | business, Teaching
My parents worked for the church. Dad left banking and my parents started soup kitchens, writing grants, working with people, and trying to solve problems for those society left behind. We moved. Since I couldn’t stay behind on my own, I went with my parents to a...
