Horizon 51

My personal musings as I approach my fifties and beyond. For my posts on books, reading, and my life in the stacks as a school librarian, please visit MoreBooksThanTime.blogspot.com .

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Tuesday Slice: Lessons that stick

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This past week has been stressful in good and bad ways. A lesson on "eustress" is one I haven't forgotten from my high...

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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Tuesday Slice: My personal dig site

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My desk is covered in a twelve-inch high avalanche of paper. It's really that high; I just took out my measuring tape and assessed th...

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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Tuesday Slice: Lasting times

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High school Summer practice. Parent meeting. Dance. Halftime show. Line of hugs. Report card. Band trip. Classes and exams. Year...

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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Tuesday Slice: Constant state of gratitude

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"Grateful living is important in the world because in our constant pursuit of more and better we can easily lose sight of the riche...

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Tuesday Slice: Chocolate cake

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I must bake a cake today-- Chocolate, Like the eyes that declare he is mine The tan he gets from his father The freckles from his Ir...

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Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Tuesday Slice: In the not-so-merry month of May

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May strikes both elation and fear in the hearts of educators and parents of students everywhere. The countdown to the last day of school...

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Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Tuesday Slice: Earliest post ever

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1:12 am on a school night up for the last three hours waiting on a flight that brings home my son he will be exhausted has ...

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Chris Margocs: I'm a wife, mom of two young adults, former elementary special education teacher, and in my thirteenth year as a librarian. My home and my library are full of books, but I never seem to have enough time to read as much as I'd like! It doesn't stop me from adding to my collection, though.

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