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Relax 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. It seems that a company called Dover Publications started publishing adult coloring books in 1970 which led to the establishment of this special day. Check out the story here. While August 2 may have already gone by, the idea of coloring for adults on any…
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Reading 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! The value of reading, no…
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Act 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 me to a yearly event…
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Pokémon 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 game that everyone is supposedly…
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Stress 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 doesn’t go away until after…
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