Change Doesn't Come from the Middle
mommyof3 is also known as Dee Crescitelli (her "Real Life" name!)I have been thinking about this all day. It started while reading teacherken's diary about progressives and the need for a movement to...
View ArticleTeacher's Lounge: The State of Music Education
mommyof3 is also known as Dee Crescitelli (her "Real Life" name)I am currently a middle school teacher. When asked what I teach, I usually respond that I teach 6th graders the art of mathematical...
View ArticleTeacher's Lounge: Positive Spring Thoughts
Happy first day of spring! I had planned to write a diary about how the budget cuts really seem to have education budgets at a tipping point. Many states are planning to cut public school teachers and...
View ArticleTeacher's Lounge: Small Grant Writing-YES!
Remember this old bumper sticker? What if the schools had all the money they needed and the Air Force had to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber? This idea has been around since the 1960's, and while...
View ArticleBrothers and Sisters: 10 moments of your time...
Do you take time for reflection? For prayer? For centering yourself? For meditation?I imagine that many of you who stop into Brothers and Sisters do.I have a confession to make:I have not been a person...
View ArticleBrother and Sisters: Faith and Justice
I am a Christian... a Catholic Christian to be precise. I take my faith pretty seriously, and I try to live what I believe. Allow me to share some of that with you...Welcome to Brothers and Sisters,...
View ArticleTell me what you do...
I get it-- we're all in shock. Meteor Blades has left the site. It's a big effing deal.I just don't think that the way to deal with it is to get into conspiracy theory mode and speculate. Is that what...
View ArticleBrothers and Sisters: Looking out for one another
I am in the mood to talk about possibilities... I am in a mood to talk about motivation...Welcome to Brothers and Sisters, the weekly meetup for prayer* and community at Daily Kos. We put an asterisk...
View ArticleIn Rand Paul's World...
We should all want more rich people...We all will probably work for a rich person-- we need MORE rich people.Rand Paul said this out loud today in an economic forum in southeastern Kentucky. I know...
View ArticleBrothers and Sisters: Wisdom of a Woman...
The fact that Wisdom is personified as a woman has fascinated me my entire life...Welcome to Brothers and Sisters, the weekly meetup for prayer* and community at Daily Kos. We put an asterisk on pray*...
View ArticleAdding my small voice...
to the choir of folks who are forwarding the cause of lifetime subscriptions to the wonder that is Ye Olde Orange Satan here...Seriously--this is an AMAZING thing (yea, I know that that word is...
View ArticleBrothers and Sisters: On Forgiveness and Redemption
Most of us need to admit that we love a good redemption story—there is a reason we root for the underdog in so many situations. Not one of us is perfect… we make mistakes, we withhold information, we...
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Crowd Sourcing Love...Holding Hands
I love holding hands with my husband... it is a pure, simple way to say "I am connected to you... I love you."
View ArticleBrothers and Sisters: Unless...
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. ~from The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss Amazing words of wisdom- from a children's book classified as Science and Nature...
View ArticleEducational Testing with a Survivor Theme?
Yes, you read that title correctly. In some ways I suppose many students and teachers really do see getting through the yearly push to "perform" on test day as something to survive. Actually, I can...
View ArticleBrothers and Sisters: Care for all...
UPDATE:memiller's excellent diary is here... This is a substitute diary... the scheduled diary for this evening has not posted.As it is Earth Day, let's take a moment to think about the ways we should...
View ArticleBrothers and Sisters: Structuring the Divine
I was planning to write about a few specific plant and tree symbols from a religious viewpoint for this diary, and so I googled “planting metaphors in religion”. I got some specific information on...
View ArticleWAYWO: Too many projects...
I am quite certain that I am not the only one finding myself with WAY more to do this weekend than time to work with. Real life stuff...and the cool stuff I would rather be working on.
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Trapunto Quilting
I have long been fascinated with trapunto quilts-- as a child I called them "marshmallow quilts"-- because parts of them were puffy like marshmallows.Trapunto, from the Italian for "to embroider," is a...
View ArticleBrothers and Sisters: stand-in
Good evening... the scheduled diary for tonight has not appeared. Consider this a place to express needs, wishes, prayers, joys and thanks...Welcome to Brothers and Sisters, the weekly meetup for...
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