Family
I am focused and I love my people and I can be selfish and the focus helps me thrive.
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My Father’s Books
jj_books_3 Originally uploaded by juggernautco. My father passed away earlier this year. I took these photos of the bookshelf in his office. Here’s a larger resolution of this one, which includes such selections as Gardner’s Art through the Ages and In Search of Certainty. Here’s two more high-res including The Road Less Traveled…
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Horse Open Mic
Horse Open Mic Originally uploaded by juggernautco. I teach poetry in classrooms here and again. One engagement I keep every year is to do a Found Poetry session to the kids at Mrs. Duckhorn’s class at Queen of Angels School in Chicago. The kids sent thank you notes. This one combines my presentation…
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Colleen O’Neil
My niece, Colleen O’Neil, works at Catherine Cook School. She was featured in their newsletter last month. Here’s the interview: Q: What inspires you to work in an environment with children?A: Both my aunt and my great-grandmother were teachers, and they inspired me to nurture the next generation and help them grow into confident, responsible,…
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Career/ Interest Day
Yesterday was "Career/ Interest Day" at CXO’s school. I did three presentations to the three sets of kids (K/ 1st Grade, 2nd/ 3rd Grade, and 4th/ 5th Grade). I made a point of telling all of the kids that evolution is a fact, not a theory (see Hands On Habitat). Here’s the text of the…
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Children Valentines
So yesterday was Valentine’s Day. I have two children, boys aged 4 and 6. They both go to a full-time daycare/ education facility and the older one goes to Kindergarten every day as well. Valentine’s Day for people like us mean that last week we got a list of every kid in each class. This…