“Coronocation” was extended yesterday by Gov. Baker’s announcement that schools will be closed until May 4th. (Even that feels overly optimistic). Today I am feeling ok. Yesterday I was an anxious mess and finally had to go to Trader Joes to make sure there was still flour on the shelves for sale. I called my…
Tag: Beaches
1st Weekend of March
Friday night Brent and I had a really nice date night at a restaurant in ‘Southie’. We’ve been talking a lot about the gravitational pull of Hull with its beaches and comfortable living room and how that pull sometimes keeps us close to home. That can be great but it can also mean we are…
Surfers
Who the heck surfs in Boston? Well these 2 do now. They just spent a week doing afternoon surf camp where they got to try their hands and hangin’ ten (do cool kids still say that?) Fortunately it wasn’t too cold as you know how Liam feels about being cold and wet, don’t you Mr….
4th of July…in America!
Yesterday we celebrated a real-life 4th of July! It was really fun to spend the day surrounded by festive spirit and shared stories. I’m not exactly patriotic (and right now I’m saddened by the actions and image of the USA) but the 4th has always been a day that highlighted my feeling of being an…
We bought a(nother) house!
We bought a house in Hull, MA and we are beaming! All of us (including Lemmy) seem to be walking around on cloud 9 as we finally have all our things under one roof and all our people sleeping in their own rooms. Rooms that we will stay in for a while. Boxes that can…
More questions than answers in Thailand
My week in Bangkok was great. Our conference was successful and I left with an overwhelming feeling of accomplishment for what this work has yielded. The stories of impact on schools and students left me breathless while the drama of knowing I am leaving TFAll and wrapping my head around the doors closing and friendships…
Paradise on Earth
The Global Teaching Summit wrapped up on a Thursday afternoon so I joined some friends walking around town and doing a bit of touristy shopping. We ended up stopping for a beer and that turned into a whole evening of lively debate and deep conversation about an endless supply of topics. I am so grateful…