by Dawn | Nov 26, 2013 | self-improvement
“What is it that gets you out of bed in the morning and exercising?” “How do you write every day?” “Why do you teach even though the climate is so bad for teachers?” These are three questions that crossed my feed this week. On the...
by Dawn | Jun 29, 2013 | satire, simplicity
Today’s Saturday. Dates and times are irrelevant to me for the next seven weeks until school starts. This is the time of year when you hate me. The time of year when I call you randomly, email you at all times, and disturb you at work. You get annoyed....
by Dawn | May 23, 2013 | business, education reform, music
We were playing guitar, last night. My husband is a classically trained guitarist. I’m an untrained disaster. It’s a perfect combination. Sort of like The Monkees, who I loved growing up. One musician and a cute front man. I’m the cute front man. I...
by Dawn | Nov 23, 2012 | family, food, organization, satire, simplicity, sustainability
Thanksgiving snuck up on me. It was a busy year–buying and selling a house, doing the staging, showing, and construction leading up to the sale/purchase, moving, dealing with the “finer points of education reform,” writing, creating, blogging,...