This past week I went back to Oakland to see some friends and get in some of the sights and sounds I dearly missed. In retrospect, I miss the northbound 880 freeway getting jammed [...]

Upon arriving this morning for my workshop at 10 am I stopped by the front desk to say good morning to the secretary and student aides who were working. As I stopped to say hello, [...]

“Right now, life is like a thousand TV screens, each with different things on it. Where you were just at, each screen was flashing RED, and that meant danger. Now, you’[...]

Things turn contemplative fast when life is about to completely change.  You start thinking about the nights spent laughing and crying with friends, the adventures you took and tho[...]

Photo credit Dev.Arka My short answer to the radical question: no.  Don’t worry, there’s a longer answer coming at you. A long while back, Eric Stoller asked “Whe[...]

As a self-professed ‘Advocate for Awesome’, I tend to view the world through what I affectionately call the ‘Discovery Channel’ lens (The World is Just Awesome). My students are aw[...]

The ten-year anniversary of September 11th, 2001 has come and passed. A somber day for some, a day of celebration and love for many others, and, at the very least, a day of reflect[...]

Since reflections are big where I am a practicum student, and now with me, I have been thinking about posting one since the prompt came up on Twitter a few days ago.  I was 14 on 9[...]

Relationships are built on the number of emotionally charged shared experiences between individuals. 9/11 was a huge emotionally charged shared experience for America. The experien[...]

Now that the dust has settled, a college senior is still waking up this morning with a wish that her parents could come to her graduation. A ten year old boy is trying to understan[...]