Thanks for visiting my blog. I appreciate your taking time to read it. Rather than try to write a blurb about me, I think I’ll post the “25 Things about Me” that I wrote on Facebook when I was tagged for it last year. It’s still current, I think…
1. I was born in Des Moines, Iowa. My dad was a sheep dealer and my mom (then) was a bacteriologist for the city of Des Moines. She left that career after a short time, despite having the college degrees needed for it, and later became a real estate broker.
2. I’ve lived in Chico since 1980. I have no desire to ever live anywhere else.
3. I love to travel. I have visited Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Laos and Bangkok. And most of the states of the U.S. But I’ve never been to Hawaii!
4. I am a teacher. I taught high school for 15 years, and now teach middle school. Middle school has brought with it a steep learning curve, which continues to surprise me.
9. I love to take photos. I carry my camera most all the time.
10. I am bilingual (English/Spanish). Learning Spanish has enriched my life immensely.
11. I love to write. I have two blogs which I post to regularly (well, sort of), as well as 35 years worth of journals. I dream of writing a novel, and have started a couple of them. So far my continuative powers are a little weak, and they sit waiting for my return. I have published several articles in professional journals, however.
19. I am a Mac user. I think this is like belonging to a political party. I felt betrayed when a friend gave up her Mac for a PC. I know this seems silly to a non Mac user, but think that most Mac users will understand what I mean. My current Macs include a laptop, iPad2, iPhone, Apple TV and two old Macs that still work fine but aren’t up to current standards of speed.
20. I used to make quilts. I hand quilted them, rueing the day each was finally finished. I became a teacher partly because I wanted more time to quilt, but then teaching was so creatively satisfying that I never quilted again. I still have tons of fabric and I hope to quilt again. Now I knit, but am not all that good at it. Why I traded something I was good at for something I’m not? Space and time, mostly.
There aren’t 25 things on this list any more. As they become irrelevant, or I decide they provide TMI, I delete them. Oh well.
Thanks for visiting my blog. Leave me comments so I know you’ve been here! I will respond.
I have a Toyota Prius. We have great things in common.
Bonnie
I didn’t know you loved houses. Interesting. When I was little, all I did was build houses with blocks…plan houses on paper…and draw houses in the amrgins. No wonder we get along so well.
That’s interesting Ruth. I did the same thing. Graph paper was my friend!
Hello! I used to live in Chico too and study at the Avalon Institute. I have moved back to LA, is the Avalon Institute still there? I think I may have met you once, I think you may have told me that you use the gold grounding energy in your class to ground the kids!! ( which is a GREAT idea!) I teach 8th grade now.
Hi Misty. No, Jim and Roxanne have moved on. They do have a FB page, however, as well as a website. They seem to do quite a bit of virtual (online) work these days, as well as meetings and workshops in other cities, but no longer in Chico. You are right about grounding my students – I still do that. It isn’t always too effective, as I now teach 7th grade and they seem to defy all logic, spiritual or otherwise! Nice to hear from you!
Dear Reduction Physics:
I enjoy reading your blog, and was wondering if you would like to do a link exchange. My book blog’s url is educationanddeconstruction.com. Every week, I make a nonfiction book recommendation in the topic areas of education, history, technology, biography and/or humor. I have already put up your link. Please reply if you would like to do a link exchange. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Sally Friedman
Hi Sally,
Of course, I’d love to do a link exchange. I’ve already added you to my blogroll. I went to read your blog and enjoyed it very much. Thanks for messaging me about this!
Lynn
Lynn,
I am pleased to announce that my book: “The Education and Deconstruction of Mr. Bloomberg, How the Mayor’s Education and Real Estate Development Policies Affected New Yorkers 2002-2009 Inclusive” is available at both Amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com, on the Kindle, on other e-books and in book form.
Here is a link to Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VRZVBM/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Please visit my book blog at http://www.educationanddeconstruction.com (See “Bonus Post”) and https://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisplay.aspx?bookid=81047 to read excerpts. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Sally A. Friedman
I had no idea you had a blog…. You are more tech savy than I am
and I continue to respect that about you. Thank you for the reading lists…. I’ve kept on reading thanks to your influence, although I became one of those that starts 4 books and takes forever to finsh! I am turning a new leaf this year, you have inspired me once again Jacobs. Much love, Mari.
I do, Mari. I’ve had two blogs for several years now. I’m not as frequent a writer as I’d like to be, but I do enjoy writing here. It’s more fun to write when I can share it. I’m glad you’re still a reader! Love to you.