I teach because I love learning - and because I love seeing young people spread their wings to apply and explore what they learn SDUSD VAPA #transforminglives

I keep falling in love with arts when I see.... students finding calm through visual arts activities in the classroom SDUSD VAPA #transforminglives

I keep falling in love with arts when... I am immersed in music and my heart soars SDUSD VAPA #transforminglives

Very happy to be part of the session on creating safe spaces for students on the VAPA Insider day. Love just getting to be human! SDUSD VAPA #transforminglives

Frankie from Diversionary Theatre: "..as a human." Yes! Both our students and we are first and foremost humans, and making space for that in the classroom is important! SDUSD VAPA #transforminglives

One thing I learned last year and will implement this year: Students may be apprehensive, shy, hesitant. I need to bring the fun! Students will warm up and join in. Even if it doesn't happen today, doesn't mean it won't happen. SDUSD VAPA #transforminglives

how is this for putting down another opinon "we should not ALTOGHETER dismiss the POSSIBILITY of MEANINGFUL LINKS between X and Y" (my caps)

Nothing comes of nothing. True that, #KingLear

Pride and Prejudice, read by Karen Savage, is such a delicious treat. My guilty pleasure today! #austen #librivox

Be kind. Always.

thoughtful and thoughtprovoking on literacy, politics, nationhood newyorker.com/magazine/2017/… #SundayReadingOnTheBeach

best thing about fridays is hanging out at the public library for an hour with my 10yo in between school and activities #library #TGIF

scheduling the day and week. gocomics.com/calvinandhobbe… ay, there is the rub! #decisions #life

on "human-brain interface" and typing directly from the brain [i don't know what emoji or punctuation to put here] wired.com/2017/04/facebo…

fascinated by #adalovelace, essay huffingtonpost.com/entry/practici… and #tessera thetessera.org/#/. Have to buckle down with papers instead

10yo: mom, can you show me the comics you're reading? me: sure! condenaststore.com/-sp/A-Stress-P… 10yo: that's not funny! me: well, it is adult funny

50% exhausted, 50% elated. not bad.

note to self: check alarm before going to bed. Or at least before getting up in the morning #UnneccesarilyEarlyOnASaturday

thinking about #digitalliteracy, #branding, #autenticity, #economics #Vanlife #ProducerandProduced newyorker.com/magazine/2017/…

have decided to read one Stephen King book over the summer (my first ever). which should I choose? #summerreading #stephenking #choices