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Not Everything

This morning I realized that not everything requires (or should have) your full attention or resources. The older I grow, the more I realize which

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All Day Rest

With a full-blown head cold, I wake up only to go back to bed all day. Tissues, tea, and watching shows all day occurs maybe

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When Sick, Go Look at Trees

My landscape architecture student reminded me of a famous study in 1984 published in Science that examined the recovery times of patients in a Pennsylvania

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Slow to Speak

Today I must attend what I consider two very important meetings that I assumed would involve my talking for a significant amount of time. And

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Bring in the Experts!

I loved bringing in a professional writer–Chris Rosenblum, the Director of Communications for our school district–to my advanced writing courses today. Students loved engaging with

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A Pause. Then a Stop.

Today, when I heard that Kobe Bryant died, along with his daughter, Gianna, our whole family paused. Then we stopped altogether. We huddled around the

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