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For Mom: Reflections on teaching and learning with family
On the day before what would have been her mother’s 104th birthday, my mother left this world. She didn’t want a service. If we would of had a service I would have felt drawn to express how I felt about her but if you know me well then you know I am not that good…
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My Virtual Life: becoming a real buddy with a nod to the Velveteen Rabbit
‘Does it hurt?’ asked the Rabbit. ‘Sometimes,’ said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. ‘When you are Real you don’t mind being hurt.’ What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to be virtual? Over the last year I spent a lot of time expanding my virtual self. Now, I had…
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A Sort of “In Love”: What is it About Play?
Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. ~ Jane Howard About a month after #rhizo15 someone asked me “how are you” and I lit up like bulb to say “I’m doing wonderful” and continued to tell them…