Brackish - Nicholas Sparks uses this word a lot. Ā I think it appears at least once in each of his first several novels. Ā And, I love that it does! Ā When I first read it in The Notebook, I fell in love with it right away. Ā It is used to describe water that is slightly salty, … Continue reading Brackish
Author: Melissa Morris Inoa
Recent reading – July 2008
I thought I would share some of the books that I have read recently. I was very busy until the end of July with graduate classes, but as soon as they were finished, I found time to read for fun again. Ā Please let me know if you have read any of these books, what you … Continue reading Recent reading – July 2008
“If you want others to be happy…”
āIf you want others to be happy, practice compassion.Ā If you want to be happy, practice compassion.ā - Dalai Lama, 1935-present It is a seemingly simple statement with straightforward advice, but it is also one that many of us have such a hard time implementing.Ā In the quest for our own happiness, I think that … Continue reading “If you want others to be happy…”
Unenviable
Unenviable ā This word made its way into my notebook when a co-worker used it during a workshop to describe his interpretation of the role of special education teachers at the middle school level.Ā He had said that special education teachers had the āunenviable position of having to be experts at everything.ā He was referring … Continue reading Unenviable
New Category – “Words”
There are some words that as we read them, or hear them in conversation, they stand out brightly among all of the others.Ā It could be for any number of reasons including the way the actual letters form the word, how it sounds when it is spoken, its meaning, its origin, or its obscurity.Ā I … Continue reading New Category – “Words”
“Don’t be afraid of the space…”
Ā āDon't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality.Ā If you can dream it, you can make it so.āĀ - Belva Davis What a wonderful place, this space of unchartered, unknown possibility.Ā It is there, in the space between the inception of our dreams and their fruition that we truly live our … Continue reading “Don’t be afraid of the space…”
“Each day comes to me…”
"Each day comes to me with both hands full of possibilities." -Helen Keller This is one of my favorite quotes and has been for a very long time. Ā Actually, for a while I had a framed print of it hanging on my wall. Ā In the mornings, I would take the two seconds out of my … Continue reading “Each day comes to me…”
The Last Lecture
The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow I hope everyone that I know reads this book. I heard aboutĀ The Last Lecture,Ā but had not yet seen the video when I decided to read the book.Ā I had wanted to read the book since it was released back in April. Ā I often saw it on the … Continue reading The Last Lecture
Read Often!
When I've asked for advice on how to become a better writer, and searched for tips to teach my own students, the one thing that comes up all the time is that writers need to read, and read often!Ā Ā To some extent what we read isn't really as important as how much. Ā We should simply … Continue reading Read Often!
“How we spend our days…”
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." - Annie Dillard So simple, and so true! Ā Sometimes (too many times, maybe) we put off doing things because we figure that we have all the time in the world and we will get to it eventually, or because we are afraid … Continue reading “How we spend our days…”
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