Notes from Around the Block- Olive the trees have olives
- Wanda Hickey and the Frog Pond
- A recently discovered DNA thread: forwarding news articles
- A Bride in Blue
- The Gates to a President’s Hell: Water and the IRS
- Marriage in Oxymoronica
- The Present Moment
- If your life were a book
- From the mouths of old babes
- The Atlanta Teachers’ Onion, then and now
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Tag Archives: individual
Good-bye Joe
by cheri block I have just learned that my mentor, Joe, died suddenly last night. As Joe would have it, I am supposed to teach in 30 minutes, so I cannot cry my eyes out (yet). Our lunch meeting to … Continue reading
“I’m Looking Through You, What Do I See? *
Take a good look at yourself in the mirror. by cheri block My daughter and I took her two-year-old to Happy Hollow on one of the coldest days of the year here in the San Francisco Bay Area. Only … Continue reading
A New Shoe Year
by cheri block As is my wish each year for the past three, I volunteer to be the official photographer of my grandson’s first day of school. Time marches on when you are a second grader. After photographing the customary … Continue reading
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Tagged First Day of School, Hopes and Dreams, individual, public schools
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Coffee at the Palace
Plato’s The Republic is a dynamic work of deductive philosophy. The Republic is lofty and challenging. In his dialectic, Plato lets the us know from the start what he intends to investigate and then proceeds, through a series of … Continue reading
Off you go
I have been one of those types who bounds along in life like a terrier in high grass. I see myself as young and vital until I look in the mirror and recognize that many years have passed since I … Continue reading
The Coral Hand
We so want to be unique. We are! Yet, among the mass of people clinging to a cable car bumping and jerking up the Powell-Mason Street line, we feel like one of many here in California. We study our palms … Continue reading
Your Children are Individuals
This morning, as I was correcting my 7/8th graders’ grammar homework, the birds around my house were busy. I live in the country, where wildlife is plentiful. Each morning, I take my papers out to a little deck where I … Continue reading
My Silent View
First Published: February 2, 2008 How we view the world is critical to our productivity, our relationship with our children and family members, and our ability to impact society. Certainly, life experiences can impact our view. Take my mother, for … Continue reading
