Posts filed under: Inspiration

This morning, a good friend reminded me that today is “my” day in Mark Nepo’s The Book of Awakening. My good friend, Mark Nepo, once heard me tell a story from my travels.  Mark listened intently and then wrote up...
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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 of emails waiting for my response and my iPhone and various...
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How do you use poetry? April is Poetry Month and poetry is sure to be blooming all over! For our part, we’ll be posting daily suggestions for using poetry in the classroom and beyond. If you have any suggestions, please...
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There’s something exquisitely simple about being given an “extra day” in one’s life. A simple gift to make for a grander year. “Another” day, a gift to cherish. — some words that washed up on my shore from a salmon...
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These days, it’s easy to be overwhelmed by all the craziness, the frightful things going on, and the hard challenges we face individually and collectively. Yet, through it all, there are stories of individuals stepping up, acting with compassion and...
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Today is Emily Dickinson’s birthday. So it is fitting to write a post in her honor – even more so, as she is a poet well loved by teachers. As we wrote in Teaching with Heart: “The poet most submitted...
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