June 30, 2014 in Europe, Spain
I hate putting on my boots. The process is preceded by a ten minute ritual of popping blisters, applying antiseptic, cutting and folding gauze, bandaging raw spots with tape and […]
June 28, 2014 in Europe, Spain
The interior of the cathedral is crumbling. I can’t say that I’d even call it a cathedral, more of a chapel built to the scale of the small town that […]
June 26, 2014 in Europe, Spain
Astorga to Rabanal is a lovely walk. Today was marked by the messages, inscribed on stones, and left along the path. Before long, I found myself hunting for them, like […]
June 26, 2014 in Education
Years ago, in a particularly frustrating phase of parenthood when it seemed like I would never get my head above water, a wise mentor mama encouraged me with words that […]
June 24, 2014 in Europe, Spain, Travelogue
Leon put on her party dress for our birthday. Parades of festively dressed bands playing hard brass as they marched in the streets. Classic Romani men playing reed pipes while […]
June 20, 2014 in Europe, Spain
The meseta is long and hot. After two weeks toiling through mountains and rolling hills, over rocky terrain and ankle deep slippery leaves, one would think it a relief to […]
June 19, 2014 in Education
It is a great sadness to me that the Arts are being pulled from public schools. With budget crunches, faced with the choice of fire a math teacher or let […]
June 18, 2014 in Europe, Spain
The meseta is long, and hot. The Way stretches off, through endless waves of grain blown by oceans of invisible wind across the long miles of nowhere. The Pyrenees have […]
June 14, 2014 in Europe, Spain
Everyday the Camino surprises me. Wheat fields laughing in red poppies. Spanish blue skies ruffled like flamenco dresses with clouds. Flocks of sheep crowding the path, jockeying for position in […]
June 12, 2014 in Education
There is a lot of talk in the business world about developing the culture of an organization. Thousands of dollars are spent on consultants whose sole purpose is to examine […]
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