Best Teacher Appreciation Day gift ever
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, my students presented me with a gift on Friday. The first was a PowerPoint presentation that explained why I was an excellent teacher. It…
The NFL draft is kind of dumb. But this story is AWESOME.
I do not enjoy the NFL draft. Even though I’m an enormous fan of the Patriots and the National Football League, the endless predictions and prognostications leading up to the…
Speak Up storyteller: Doreen Stern
Our next Speak Up storytelling event is on Saturday, May 17th at Real Art Ways in Hartford. Doors open at 7:00 PM. The show begins promptly at 8:00 PM. There…
Speak Up storyteller: Alan MacKenzie
Our next Speak Up storytelling event is on Saturday, May 17th at Real Art Ways in Hartford. Doors open at 7:00 PM. The show begins promptly at 8:00 PM. There…
Goodnight Moon with her little brother
I read Goodnight Moon (and most other children’s books) for the first time with my daughter, who immediately fell in love with the story, as much children do. Now she…
Napping will kill you. Science says so.
A 13-year study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology has revealed that if you take naps during the day, you are more likely to die sooner than those who…
Productivity tip #6: Calculate the cost of your meeting and act accordingly
Planning a meeting? Multiply the number of minutes you plan on speaking by the number of people attending the meeting and ask yourself: Is the information that I am presenting…
College is possible for all. Even for those who graduate from high school and find themselves on their own.
Ron Lieber of the New York Times recent published a piece on paying for college entitled Eight Tips for Parents Who Have Saved Nothing for College. While the information is…
What’s the Hardest Part of Parenting?
Slate recently published a piece that asked this question, and the answers varied quite a bit, as I would expect them to. I have been a parent for a long…
Stop and watch.
These two TED Talks, published on the TED Talk podcast feed last week, are extraordinary. The first, by author David Epstein, is on the science of athleticism. Are athletes of…
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