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Monthly Note
- March 2023: “UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot… nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” ~Dr. Suess (3/21/2023) - “UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.” The Lorax by Dr. Seuss UNLESS Each year at my children’s school, the older kids participate in a “poetry teahouse” where students choose a poem, commits it to memory and recites it while standing before peers, teachers, and parents alike. While the youngers students choose a single, short form poem, the “older” students choose 2, one long form with the second being short. This year, my oldest daughter decided on The Lorax, by Dr. Suess, for her longer poem … because every 10-year-old… Continue Reading
Quarterly Report
- Q4 2022: It’s all over, but…the shouting! (1/27/2023) - It’s all over but the shouting It’s meaning is universally understood, while its origin is often disputed. The idiom, “it’s all over but the shouting” refers to a certain event, decision, or situation, that are still in progress, but the outcome is as near certain as it gets. The “shouting” can be two-fold, either celebration or public outcry following the announcement of the eventual, and inevitable final decision. Given there are two sides to this coin, both a winner and a loser; one side might celebrate while another cries out in displeasure, which has led to the variation, “it’s all… Continue Reading
