handwritten on February 23, 2020
3.5 miles
There is one particular place that has the best Americano coffee I have ever tasted.
The coffee is so rich.
And so dark.
Yet so creamy.
And so caffeinated.
My brother and sister-in-law are always so lovely to let me crash their Sunday coffee/breakfast party after I go to church. My husband generally works Sundays, so these are my people that offer me some warm conversation and always great food even though I insist I'm never going to eat.
And whilst we were drinking our coffee and eating these delectable donuts of warmth and love, I was excited to hear stories of others finding and exploring their own life purpose and sense of love and sense of being.
Nothing excites me...
handwritten on February 22, 2020
I went to a lovely little place called Pie for Breakfast. Thought I am not longer talking about whimsy, it is always clear when whimsical encounters are made throughout the day. And nothing is more whimsical than eating at a breakfast place called "Pie for Breakfast."
Being the hopeless romantic that I am (though I hide it well), I actually felt like this place would be the perfect location for a Hallmark movie in Pittsburgh. The menus were colorful, the atmosphere friendly and it had this vibe as if it had been in the same location for years and years and the same people came to the establishment. And though time changed around the outside, it remained a constant state of familial love on...
handwritten on February 21, 2020
During the week...I'm running around so often that, in general, when asked to socialize I say "ehhh..maybe another time." I think it's the combination of spending hours at school plus talking hours upon hours to kids that makes you just want to dwell at home underneath a blanket and think in silence.
So I surprised myself when I decided to attend a little social gathering with our staff at school. Mostly this was surprising because it was indeed a Friday. I'm generally out of steam by the time Friday approaches. And well- I usually like to leave school behind for a bit.
But the time was nice and
we happened to go to a place that has Christmas up all year
and I certainly talked to others I...
handwritten on February 20, 2020
3.5 miles today: We have been learning about different sources and types of energy this week in Science. And in general, to keep myself occupied, as well as the students occupied, I always make sure we add some kind of experiment to what it is we are learning. Particularly with scientific concepts, students learn by moving.
So while talking about thermal energy, we decided to make homemade playdough and then add a little thermochromic pigement inside of it so that the playdough would be green when placed in the fridge but when warmed up by the hands of the kiddos, it would turn bright yellow. Let me tell you, that last 10 minutes of class on Thursday were probably ten minutes my students...
handwritten on February 18, 2020
3.2 miles today
I had this beyond brilliant English Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. She was life-changing. Life-changing because she actually taught my mind to enter into three thousand new spaces that I would never have been able to reach on my own. It's hard to explain just what my mind does when analyzing literature, but I go into a deep hole of words and wonders and nuances, and you twist and turn and tilt and literally find the life inside every word and how it relates to every other words and you morph and you melt and the words drip until you come out on the other side-with new life and a completely new meaning.
I remember when I first look at Langston Hughes poem: The...
