Rock Stars of the Resistance

As many of you know, I have become increasingly more political since November 8th. No more half-assed political posturing for me-I want to actually be as informed as I can. I believe our Republic is in jeopardy and we got to this point because of ignorance. I’ll...

Summer of Reset Part 3: New Beginnings

Summer of reset: New Beginnings New Beginning #1: Even before my job at Common Ground ended, I’ve been training for the new job. The woman I’m taking over for was in the middle of moving and retiring, so it was paramount that we snatch as many training hours as we...

And That’s a Wrap-Summer of Reset

For the past nine years I’ve worked at an afterschool program called Common Ground Extended Care. In that capacity I was a teacher, the head teacher and then last year, stepped back down to teacher again. We had 60 k-5th grade kids and the idea was to create a program...

Summer of Reset Day Three

Resetting is slow. Before I get into my slow resetting, I wanted to say something about why I’m doing the Summer of Reset. I mean, what’s the point? I think humans need to occasionally reevaluate where they are in terms of their vision and goals. If...

The Summer of Reset

This is my summer of reset. I’m almost done with the revisions on a book that will go out this fall and it’s the best thing I have ever written, I’ve cut back my school hours and while I’ll be busy as all get out, it will be stuff I love doing. I’m still fighting...