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I’m in the faculty room, and in about 5 minutes, these frosty, damp, uncomfortable tables will be filled with kids. They choose to eat out there. There is a vast array of seating (none of it more comfortable, except that it’s indoors) in the cafeteria. But they’ll fight the piles of heavy, wet snow to

I’m thinking today about pain. Not mine. I’m currently feeling well and strong. I’m thinking about how, sometimes, pain seems impossible to bear. And when it seems impossible to bear, what then? And how to know when it is, in fact, bearable for just a while longer? And when you feel crushed under the weight,

But only for adults, today. We have meetings and trainings and business to do, both today and tomorrow. I am reminded, walking down the dark hallway, how I like this school a lot without students in it. Probably that’s easy to misunderstand. I also like it, very, very much, with students in it. But when

I’m super good at sleeping. It’s probably my best talent. But somehow lately, especially over this Christmas break, I have slept much less. Much less well. In our hotel in Mexico, I spent a lot of time staring at the ceiling, watching out the window for the light to start. Covering my head with the

Over the past few weeks, I’ve seen many, many teachery-post commentary that says “Normalize saying “I love you” to your students — you may be the only person who says that to them today.” This equally jazzes and horrifies me. Really? I may be the only one? Then I remembered that one of my kids

So, a few years ago I decided no forgo the “resolutions” business, since I’m not the worlds most resolute character. Now, I give myself gifts for the new year. My gifts for 2022 are Time and Space for Creative Work and Careful Listening to my Body What does that mean? Well, hopefully it means that