Tag: writing
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Light and refreshing, with a bit of a kick
We talked art and music and creativity. We shared literary inspired cocktails…and were serenaded by a barbershop quartet.
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My 2018 summed up in two words: Unrealistic expectations
I learned that my expectations of myself and of those around me are often sadly misaligned with reality.
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KISS isn’t so stupid
As a teacher, I often find myself assuming a level of knowledge that doesn’t exist, and I’m frustrated, both with the student (“How can you not know that?”) and with myself (“Given the audience, why would you make that assumption?”). Instead of breaking down a lesson into its basic parts, I use terms and references…
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Whoosh!
I just spent the last half-hour shredding an innocent stack of receipts and papers rather than finish doing our taxes. Yes, I know it’s April; don’t judge! Our house is never cleaner than when I have a stack of papers waiting to be graded. And I’m beginning to wonder if this political campaign isn’t a…
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Regrets…more than a few
Sometimes life throws out a roadblock to stop the infernal busy-ness society tells us is so important – working 50+ hours a week, writing a book, or running for office – and as we stumble over reality, we’re reminded what really matters: people. And the friends who leave us far too soon. Eight years ago…
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Money, money, money…
I don’t know whether it makes the world go ’round like Liza tells us in Cabaret, or if it’s funny like ABBA says in Mama Mia (rewatched for the umpteenth time Friday night), but it’s certainly the focus of Western society, like it or not. Maybe it’s both. It also was the collision point for…
CL Pauwels at Large 