Chapter 1  RETHINK SCHOOL If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.                                                                                                                    John Dewey   At every crossway on the road that leads to the future, each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand men appointed to guard… Continue reading →

PART 1  RETHINK EVERYTHING: Ask ‘WHY?’   The brain likes to nibble; it does not like paradigm shifts.                                        Eric Jensen   Whenever something brand new comes along – something that isn’t just a “new and improved” version of what we are familiar with – our first impulse is to reject it.  That is probably… Continue reading →

I found this list of 100 best sites for writers and I want to save it for future reference: The 100 Best Websites for Writers in 2020  

A surprising sentence came out of my mouth at a workshop last week.  The leader repeated it, then turned around, flipped to a new sheet on his chart rack and wrote my sentence, phrase by phrase, each one in a different color:   Letting go of my excuses means I’m free to be who I… Continue reading →

I wrote a blog post on Meanderings just after we met Rhonda Fleming (not that Rhonda Fleming) at Orick.  I had to knock on her door because when we pulled into the parking lot across from The Palms Cafe … we saw our exact same rig … both RV and toad!  Turns out she is… Continue reading →