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May.05.2010
For me, learning to fly was more about getting my wings untangled than really going through the smaller motions. I already knew that I could fly, if given the chance, and was eager to prove it. The moment in my life that most epitmozed this metaphor to me was leaving home for school at the awkward...
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Mar.26.2010
I've jumped the groove and hit the road for a quick hello to loved ones in Santa Rosa. Mighty fine day in the land of wine and roses. Lots of wine. Floods of wine, countless vineyards, but not so many roses yet. For now, it's mock pear trees exploding with white balls of flowers. It's as if...
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Mar.02.2010
I'm not in classrooms every day, only dipping in occasionally when I'm on a campus to give talks. But I came up K through 12 in the California public education system, I vote here now, and I have more than a casual interest in the future of the human species, which gives me ample reason to...
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Feb.26.2010
Goth Loli Girls in Sacramento
It's been a few years since my last trip to Japan, but a few days ago I was having some Tokyo flashbacks right here in Sacramento. My husband and I were driving in Midtown when we passed a group of young women all in Goth Loli garb. We pulled over, and I jumped...
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Feb.26.2010
How the son of a Hamas founder ended up an Israeli agent, as told by the "Green Prince" himself. (I posted this on GlobalPost)RAMALLAH, West Bank — Parents often lament that their kids don’t follow them into their chosen professions. They ought to think themselves lucky. They could be...
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Feb.23.2010
First, a confession: I have two really big projects that I'm working on right now, so I won't be posting quite as regularly for the next month or two. Fear not, though, I have exciting things on the horizon, though, including a trip to the UK and Ireland and a new ebook all within the next...
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Feb.16.2010
I’m always up for an adventure. When I lived in New Hampshire I used to fish in the fast-moving icy streams of early spring, hike the towering peaks of the Presidential Range in the blistering summer heat, and track wild game in late fall and early winter.
So when my wife wanted to journey into the...
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Feb.02.2010
I untie the laces to my sneakers and cast them in the hallway of this house. I toss my scarf onto the table top and spin my passport along the sideboard to fall where it may. I am home. The dogs howl in unison and battle for attention, biting at eachother and pushing ahead in an effort to reach my...
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Jan.26.2010
As my son travels with an American Passport, I had the luxury of joining the US Citizen immigration line at SFO. After I had my fingerprints taken and a fabulous mug shot of yours truly looking extremely glamorous (ahem)after sixteen hours of being confined on an airplane, the officer said,
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Jan.26.2010
I have the good fortune of having a job, one that you might have read me complaining about. Yes, teachers tend to bitch and moan, and some of the most arduous conversations I've ever been in have involved teachers bitching. On and on we go, upset about the same things semester after semester. ...
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