Writing With Abandon
Reflections and ramblings about life as an educator, writer, reader, knitter, and over-thinker. Trying to do the writing only I can do.
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I have always been an early riser, and vacation is no different. Especially on a night like last night where the pup made noises every time someone passed the room. As I lay awake and wait for you to get up, my mind is wandering through the memoryscapes to sleep away camp. How on just…
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When heading out on a road trip to St. Augustine from Miami, you’ll want to make sure you have good sunglasses, even if they make you look uncool. You will also want to stop by the gas station to fill up the tank and grab mints, wet wipes, cheez doodle puffs, and salt and vinegar…
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A Saturday of hurkle-durkl’ing means a Sunday of getting things done. And there are many things to do today! A to-do list feels a bit like a slice cop-out, but hey, I’m on day 24! I’m allowed to do a to-do list for my slice! SUNDAY TO DO: I think about the multitasking vs. switch-tasking…
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Today was a day to hurkle-durkle. I don’t remember how we first came across the term — maybe in someone else’s slice? — but it’s apparently been a trend on TikTok (which I’ve been off of since December), and is an old Scottish term meaning to lie/lounge around in bed when you should be up…
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Esta mañana me levanté y leí el post de Ana. “Right! It’s multi-lit Friday,” pensé. Se me había olvidado. Leyendo sus palabras, me di cuenta de la importancia que tiene el español en mi vida. Aún cometo errores, normalmente con el uso de ser y estar o con el masculino y femenino. Pero de todos…
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“Skadoosh.” “Seven.” “Eight.” “Nine?” “Nooo, big banana!” I pulled my AirPods out of my ears to see what was going on. N, E, L, and Christian were playing a game. We were still an hour out of Miami thanks to Friday traffic, and I was ready to shower, eat, and get to bed early after…
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This week, Kim and I started reading stations. We’d tried TC’s 5th grade reading units with a workshop model and had little success with them. As a new school, we haven’t had a curriculum that students have followed since kindergarten, meaning there are large gaps and inconsistencies in what students are capable of doing. We…
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I’m sitting at the big wooden table, planning out our morning meetings for the week after spring break, while I. picks at his food and doodles a dinosaur on a post-it. He first requested to have lunch in the classroom with me a month ago. He wasn’t hungry but he had a few bites. We…
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Ana’s post inspired me to think about music and its importance in my life. I’m not driving like she was, but I am sitting in the back of a Lyft on my way home from a doctor’s appointment, and I’m listening to your second mix and the songs that already wrap me up in a…
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I prefer my bananas just ripe. Slightly green, no spots on the peel, just sweet enough. Not too green, not too yellow. None of that soft, mushy, grainy texture, though I don’t mind eating the bruises (thanks, Dad). When the banana peels start to spot, I let them sit and ripen, saving them for a…
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