Getting Started

I decided to start this blog because I find Facebook too trivial and limiting for me. Sorry if that sounds snobby, but I need more space and more depth to what I communicate. I thought it would be fun to write an occasional blog, letting people know what is happening with me. I encourage you to read and respond, or just lurk, if you prefer.

I started the new year with a real bang. I found out that if you pour water into a Pyrex dish that you have just taken from the oven, it will explode into a zillion pieces. Luckily, I was unhurt, but it really got my attention. My friend the physics teacher is probably shaking his head right now.

Because I am newly retired, I am continuing my quest to figure out what to do with the rest of my life. I just finished reading a great book: Tough Transitions: Navigating Your Way Through Difficult Times. These aren't tough times for me; I find them very exciting, actually. I am having the opportunity to explore and reinvent how to structure the rest of my life. However, the book was still very thought-provoking and interesting. I recommend it.

Tomorrow I start back tutoring my student at the Literacy Council. He is doing very well. When I tested him at the end of the year, he had gone up almost two grade levels in the three months we have been working together. That's pretty good for someone who didn't know the sounds of his letters in October. It is fun to use the skills I have honed over so many years, but not have to grade papers every night.