I didn’t watch Miss America, but now I wish I had. Monday morning I woke up to a fascinating news feed about backlash on the winner, Miss NY, an Indian-American, and a first. But just as her mascara-punctuated tears began to flow as the tiara graced her perfect coif, the haters on Twitter reared their…
With each passing year, the raw jolt of the memory of 9/11/01 seems to fade a bit more. This year I feel the “fade” more than the “jolt.” I know I’m not alone. So I went back to the archive of a piece I wrote for the 10th Anniversary of 9/11, in 2011. It revolved around inspiration…
I was so touched by the film A Small Act, available for instant streaming on Netflix. I wrote about our experience watching it the other night, here on the Momsrising website. It’s heavy, but I also found it inspiring and gratitude-inducing. Well worth watching…
I’m a new fan of country singer, Uncle Kracker — ever since my little cousin, Iman, starred in his latest video, “Blue Skies”, as the take-charge, kid director. As my family has gotten a kick out of showing the video to friends, I’ve thought more and more about the amazing story that landed this child…
Summer offers a perfect chance to explore – ideas, places, experiences. Ideally, it’s a time for playing outside, slowing down, trying a new hobby, and more family time. Among the “muscles” I like to exercise, when not as bound by classroom exigencies, are those that go beyond anything a subject test can measure. These are…
I’ve wrapped up a BIG project – the draft manuscript for The K-5 Global Education Toolkit (with my wonderful co-author, Becky Morales, www.kidworldcitizen.org). Yippee. Yay. Sigh of relief. Trepidation… Now I’m turning my attention to the big trip I’m taking tonight with “Tiny Dancer,” aka “the tiny one,” aka Soph Soph, aka the almost-10…
