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DAMN RIGHT I GOT THE BLUES
“In a certain sense this was true, and truth is always true in a certain sense;” ― Olga Tokarczuk, Flights People always think that when the classrooms close, things calm down on the education policy front. Nothing could be… Read More ›
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TIMES THAT TRY MEN’S, AND WOMEN’S, SOULS
“The world is not a prison house, but a kind of spiritual kindergarten where millions of bewildered infants are trying to spell God with the wrong blocks.” ― Edwin Arlington Robinson The week before independence Day is a time… Read More ›
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WHO’S REALLY CALLING THE SHOTS?
“Trust the story … the storyteller may dissemble and deceive, the story can’t: the story can only ever be itself.” ― James Robertson, And the Land Lay Still In the Spring, the Tennessee General Assembly passed a new funding… Read More ›
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FUN, FUN, FUN, TIL DADDY TOOK THE T-BIRD AWAY
“The good was good and the bad was the beginning of wisdom. (Electric Brae)” ― Andrew Greig Sometimes you just have to walk away from things for a minute or two, to avoid saying things you might later regret…. Read More ›
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WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT THE GIG?
“The popular contemporary wisdom that a liberal arts education is outmoded is true only to the extent that social equality, liberty, and worldly development of mind and character are outmoded and have been displaced by another set of metrics: income… Read More ›
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THE WHEELS ON THE BUS…
“Often, a school is your best bet-perhaps not for education but certainly for protection from an undead attack.” ― Max Brooks, The Zombie Survival Guide It has been a week, A week filled with parenting challenges. I’m just going… Read More ›
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NEITHER TRUTH NOR CONSEQUENCES
“Took the end of the world to make us kings for a day.” ― Peter Heller, The Dog Stars As parents, my wife and I have made the concept that actions have consequences a core tenet of what we… Read More ›
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TIME TO HIT THE ROAD
“People truly engaged in life have messy houses.” ― Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen A three-day weekend is often a time of rumination and reflection. The break from work provides a means to break out of the constant state of reaction,… Read More ›
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IT’S ALL LOCAL IN THE END
“The context in which a photograph is seen affects the meaning the viewer draws from it.” ― Stephen Shore, Ed.D. It seems almost derelict to write a post this week without mentioning the mass shooting in Texas. But I… Read More ›
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A FOND ADIEU
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations This week Nashville lost another one of those people that have contributed so much to making the city the great place… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 