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Why Did the Chicken. . . | The Serendipitous Sabbatical
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Why Did the Chicken. . . August 16, 2015. The school where I am currently working is rural – very rural. So on my way through the back roads to get to and from school, I often encounter wildlife of some kind. On two days I have been joined by a buck bounding alongside my car – safely on bank that lines the road. But a surprising and delightful sight nonetheless. And then there was the day that I encountered an old joke- a whole line of chickens crossing the road. Most of them looked like roosters, bu...
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hlhivy | The Serendipitous Sabbatical
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July 7, 2016. I’ve started to write several different things this summer, but nothing seems to be much more than a beginning. I know that if I focused, the middle and end would take shape, but I still haven’t made it to really writing. I have, instead, truly enjoyed reading all the updates that the blogs I follow have had recently. Thank you all for your inspiring words and the beautiful way that each of you share your lives. I am grateful. Turning the Cape Inside Out. April 9, 2016. May 25, 2016. I don&...
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Saturday Surprises | The Serendipitous Sabbatical
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July 18, 2015. I came out to check on the kittens that have taken up residence in our bushes to find that some of them are not there. I may have caught the mama in the middle of moving them. I hope not. They are so sweet. About that time, this beauty showed up to show off. My younger son took this picture. The butterfly headed over to peak under the bushes where the kittens were hiding. I couldn’t get the best picture of that, but I thought the green leaves highlighted the colors on his wings. Butterfly ...
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February | 2015 | The Serendipitous Sabbatical
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February 18, 2015. May 4, 2015. Ever have one of those great ideas that just goes horribly wrong? Yep – that was my day. How in the world? I live in an area that tries very hard to make Spring Break coincide with Mardi Gras – they never succeed you understand, but they try. (It just makes for a week out of school before spring has become official and it has inevitably been the coldest week of the year for the last several years.) But I digress. I even made the sugar – ha ha ha! Had it gone flat? I scrape...
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Back on the Steps | The Serendipitous Sabbatical
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Back on the Steps. August 8, 2015. August 8, 2015. This school is truly in the middle of the woods – we have a chicken coop on campus too. The best thing about this school for me – part of God’s blessing- is that almost every bright spot, almost every person that left a school to find a better place- is now at this school. Even our school nurse is married to one of my favorite professors from my doctoral program. As a final note, I’m not changing the name of the blog just because I’m back at ...Two thoug...
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Defeathering the Nest | The Serendipitous Sabbatical
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July 10, 2015. July 10, 2015. While my nest is certainly not empty, it is beginning to feel somewhat cramped for space. Not in the literal sense at all; there is more than enough room. But in the figurative sense. With all three children making leaps to new levels in the fall, the attitudinal space is what feels all too cramped lately. But being the one who tries to emotionally balance all these egos is exhausting. She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. She speak...
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Saturday Slideshow: What I’m Learning | The Serendipitous Sabbatical
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Saturday Slideshow: What I’m Learning. July 11, 2015. This is the first summer in more than a decade that I haven’t been reconfiguring lesson plans for a new school year. Even last year, when I knew I was not going back, I still did so much packing and reorganizing of my teacher “stuff” that I didn’t have much summer in my summer. So this year I’ve enjoyed being able to look at things through slightly different eyes. So what have I learned this summer? Bread and Butter Pickles. What I have says that̵...
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Thoughtful Thursday | The Serendipitous Sabbatical
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July 16, 2015. Today has found me ready to return to a pattern more normal than many I have found myself falling into this summer. As far as I can see under the bush where she has them hidden, there are three kittens: a marmalade, a tuxedo, and a grey tabby. It is so hot that I took pity on her and gave her some water and a little dog food – it’s what I had. There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: Ecclesiastes 3:1 NIV. The rest of this chapter poetically names a...
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Carrie On, Y'all… | My kids will NOT thank me for this someday. | Page 2
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Carrie On, Y'all…. My kids will NOT thank me for this someday. May 8, 2015. May 8, 2015. Carrie On, Y'all. Carrie, age 6: Mom, why can’t you throw the ball like I do? You aren’t a very good water skier, are you? That’s okay. You’re a pretty good singer. I still love you. What’s for dinner? Carrie, age 12: Ugh, Mom. You are SO embarrassing! Why won’t you let me do what all the other 7th graders are doing? Can I come home? Carrie, age 18 (three days later): Mama, this is SO fun. I LOVE college! He asked yo...
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