Care for our Common Home
September 1 marked the inauguration of a World Day of Prayer for Creation as part of Pope Francis’ prophetic stance on tackling climate change. This week he took it one […]
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Welcome one and all to a new academic year at Maria College in Albany, NY! With the freshness of a new semester, I got thinking about a fresh new year […]
Read MoreNew Beginnings
Welcome back to the Fall 2016 semester! One of the things I love about working in education as a teacher, is that every year we get to begin again and […]
Read MoreGearing Up
A New Academic Year Summer? What summer? Can you believe that the new academic year is about to begin here at Maria College on Monday, August 29? As a student […]
Read MoreJunk Drawer Treasures
When my husband and I moved into our house about twenty years ago, I did not plan on having a kitchen junk drawer, but one just materialized over time and […]
Read MoreRelax and Color
As I prepared to write a blog entry during the first days of August, I stumbled across the fact that August 2 of each year is National Coloring Book Day. […]
Read MoreReading to Children
I am an English teacher who truly believes in the power and importance of language and the value of reading!!! But I am definitely not alone…not by a long shot! […]
Read MoreAct of Mercy
Reading the local newspaper, the Times Union, last week, I came across a fascinating series of articles by Paul Grondahl, a long-time feature writer for the paper. The articles introduced […]
Read MorePokémon Go
OK…I just can’t avoid the topic for this week’s blog: Pokémon Go. Yikes!!!! Everywhere I turn from Facebook to the TV to the internet, there are stories about this smartphone […]
Read MoreStress Relievers
While juggling work, studying, and finishing projects, I tend to get stressed and sometimes sick during the last week of the academic semester. I usually get a little cold that […]
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