Just Rambling
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Eclipse day
In case you missed it, the big day is here. Maybe tomorrow the lead story on the news won’t be “Don’t Look at the Sun”. It’s Sunday morning as I write this. When Jaimie and I went out this morning, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky and the sun was so bright. As I… Continue reading
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I could never be a school board trustee
There’s been a great deal in the news lately around here with respect to the opening of a new secondary school in Kingsville, Ontario. For the longest time, it was just the “Super School” but construction has picked up recently and they’re promising an opening in September. At that time, I will have two family… Continue reading
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Puzzled
I’ll confess that I haven’t done anything serious with Lego for a long time. Usually, it’s building something abstract with the grandkids. Earlier this week, a very dear friend was over for supper and shared a story about a Lego project that was underway at the Lasalle Public Library. It was a community collaboration thing.… Continue reading
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Learning from the Beatles
For some reason, I was in a conversation yesterday with someone who ended up mentioning the intersection of Abbey Road and Alexander Road. The conversation didn’t mention what city but could it be THE Abbey Road? Off to Google Maps and then Streetview I went and saw this. I don’t know much about British geography… Continue reading
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My writing style
I never taught English and that probably led to literacy growth in Sandwich West Township. I do remember my Grade 8 English teaching telling us once that she could recognize our writing style and therefore knew if we had someone else write an essay or something for us. Good to know. I did teach programming… Continue reading
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