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I am a mom who balances my career as a reading specialist with parenting a 1.5 year old and loving competitive running and biking. I don't think women should give up personal goals when they become parents.
“Every poem tells a story, and every poem is in some way about love,” says Rennie McQuilkin, author, teacher, publisher and founder of the prestigious Sunken Garden Poetry Festival at the Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington, Connecticut. Just as I firmly believe that ou ... Read more...
“Every poem tells a story, and every poem is in some way about love,” says Rennie McQuilkin, author, teacher, publisher and founder of the prestigious Sunken Garden Poetry Festival at the Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington, Connecticut. Just as I firmly believe that ou ... Read more...
Even if that college happens to have a campus dotted with real marble columns and ivy covered walls, rather than one that simply exists in cyberspace, do we learn everything we need to know professionally there? Many professionals may in fact come away with a great ... Read more...
“Think Cold” reads the title of Marilyn Singer’s first poem about Humboldt Penguins, creatures who inhabit the hot, dry coastal deserts of Peru and Chile in her 2012 collection: A Strange Place To Call Home: The World’s Most Dangerous Habitats& The Animals T ... Read more...
We have been hearing quite a bit about “forty and fabulous” this year. Fifteen minutes of cosmetic application can transform our nearly forty or forty-something faces into more like twenty-seven year old ones. Last August I was amazed that the lip-gloss and eye make ... Read more...
A dozen charity-runs in Connecticut support honorable women’s organizations for this 2013 Mother’s Day Weekend, but all of those races are held on a paved course. Why not give your tired legs a break from such pounding and run or walk-run on a beautiful cross- ... Read more...
One idea that is transforming education is that all public schools are moving from state to national standards, referred to as “Common Core State Standards”. Most educators are applying these ideas to their current curriculum. The standards from the Common Cor ... Read more...
Last month I celebrated my birthday with my usual long run, during which I expected to pass by some farm animals. I always manage to either live or work in a town within running distance of farm animals, horses, cows, bison, perhaps some quail. Luckily, ... Read more...
On my thirty-seventh birthday, I celebrate with my usual long run, during which I will undoubtedly pass by some farm animals. I always manage to either live or work in a town within running distance of farm animals, horses, cows, bison, perhaps some quail. &nb ... Read more...
“Think Cold” reads the title of Marilyn Singer’s poem about Humboldt Penguins, creatures who inhabit the hot, dry coastal deserts of Peru and Chile in her 2012 collection: A Strange Place To Call Home: The World’s Most Dangerous Habitats& The Animals That Ca ... Read more...
