All posts by: Megan Scribner

Tweet I’m very excited that this month’s Author Next Door at Takoma’s Busboys and Poets will be featuring  our books: Teaching with Fire, Leading from Within and Teaching with Heart.......
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Tweet When I started putting together my to-do list this week, I felt so overwhelmed that rather than jumping in – I distracted myself.  These days, with the ever-growing stream......
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Tweet Mary Oliver’s “The Summer Day” is the only poem on my office wall. It was given to me as a gift many years ago. In the many tributes to......
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TweetWe are delighted that Busboys and Poets will be hosting the Takoma Park Book Fair again this year—our 10th anniversary milestone!  Saturday, December 15 2–5 p.m. Takoma Busboys & Poets 235 Carroll St......
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TweetRecently Mary Oliver’s poem, “In the Storm,” landed in my inbox.  In the poem, Oliver took a remarkable scene from nature — acts of kindness between birds in a storm......
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Tweet Today is Mary Oliver’s birthday. Many of her poems grace the pages of our poetry books – Teaching with Heart, Leading from Within, and Teaching with Fire. Mary Oliver is......
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TweetParker Palmer begins the first chapter of On the Brink of Everything by describing how  he came to the title of his book. He starts with dictionary definitions of “on the brink”......
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TweetOn this 4th of July, I want to take a moment to recognize the “every day” heroes amongst us.  To “celebrate the spirit and courage of the 3.1 million teachers who......
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Tweet Book Giveaway! I am delighted to announce that Parker J. Palmer’s On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity and Getting Old – is our next Book Giveaway! I’ve only......
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