“If we were put there for our protection, why were the guns at the guard towers pointed inward, instead of outward?’ -Internee at Japanese Camp in the USA during WWII The jostling ride in the van with four grandchildren and a daughter who veers through urban traffic like a…
“The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.” -Albert Einstein My quilting friends, Carolyn, Diane, Joyce and Jan, feel alive when the sewing machine is whirring, the pedal meets the metal, unique fabric flows between their fingers, and coffee brews nearby. Minutes melt into hours as…
“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” – Albert Einstein The theories developed by the great minds of education paraded before our class in Educational History and Philosophy. The imagination of Mary McLeod Bethune as she made desks out of orange…
The realization of the power of story began in my childhood. I lived in the rural areas of Iowa and Wisconsin where I attended one room school houses. The sparse collection of books on the tiny wooden shelf included a series with an orange cover called “Childhoods of Famous People.”…
