Sunday afternoon ritual at the coffee shop, computer, earbuds, writing journal ready to get to work. The hours’ pass. Interesting…
Last weekend, as I drove home from NYC, I listened to Oprah’s Super Soul Conversation with social worker, researcher, and…
Connecting with mindful educators is the focus of our website. My poem is an example of this connection. The structure…
My favorite part of being a Literacy Coach is that I get to work side by side teachers in their…
Wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt – Teacher, coach, professor, mentor – Reader, writer, learner, friend – Knitter, cyclist, cat lover,…
“It is not happiness that makes us grateful. It is gratefulness that makes up happy.”- Brother David Steindl-Rast, cited in The…
I have the privilege of working with a group of literacy coaches in our area through our local shared education…
At the beginning of each new calendar year, I reflect on the year gone by and look ahead to the…
On National Writing day, Paula Bourque (the wonderful Litcoach Lady) asked that we tweet why we write. Her request led…
Yesterday my colleague Mary stopped by my office and asked me to look over her daughter Isabel’s writing. I could…