Our first track meet

The Kid is doing track. He’s with a team that, so far, seems very invested in doing right by kids. That’s important, especially in sports. Saturday was our first track meet. The email they sent gave us the location, what the athletes should wear (no uniforms until later in February), that we should arrive no … Read more

Everyone is tired

The political climate is sucking the life energy out of us. There is too much to fight to be able to do it all. There is too much going on even to stay on top of it all. There are too many giant steps backwards, undoing decades of work. There are too many people whose … Read more

Webinars

It’s been a while since I’ve attended a webinar. Nearly every one I’ve been to has been disappointing. Often, introductions are 10 or 15 minutes long. Content is thin, at best. I’m on board with selling your program at the end of the webinar, but I don’t think that your pitch should be longer than … Read more

Follow-up to the dinner post

Last week, I answered a reader question about dinner. Planning. Dealing with busy evenings. Dealing with low energy. When I posted it to social media, I asked what others do for quick, easy meals. Here’s what people shared: breakfast for dinner We just had make your own taco night. Fry’s has great vegetarian already-seasoned meat … Read more

A rant on teaching

With all of the news on teacher strikes and the like in the last year—including one here in my home state of Arizona and one currently happening in Los Angeles—there have been a lot of … opinions that I disagree with. Usually, I scroll by, because I’m substantially unlikely to change the mind of one … Read more

Ramblings on cancer

Eleven years ago today, I had my last radiation treatment. For my particular cancer, remission and cure are measured from the end of chemo, so medically, today’s end of treatment is somewhat irrelevant. From a practical standpoint, I didn’t have to get up to go get radiation every day before work. I’m very much not … Read more