Monthly Archives: February 2009

Slumdog in Brief

Posted on February 24, 2009 by randomyriad

“Did you see that Slumdog  won?” “Yeah! What did you think of it.” “I just love the music, and that English boy, he is very good.” “Yeah I saw John Stewart interview him. I heard some people are upset about … Continue reading →

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A Failed Experiment: A New Plan

Posted on February 22, 2009 by randomyriad

I started out this week intent on focusing on the light and got lost in a dense gray fog of fatigue and indifference ending in a black funk. I have no idea how things happen this way. This all ended … Continue reading →

Posted in All part of the process, change, make your own world, paying attention, philosophy, Questions and riddles, Self-Experiments, Teaching and Learning, the end is the beginning, thinking in words, visions from the dark side, whereever you go there you are, wonder world, working world | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Bringing a Little Wonder Back to my Work

Posted on February 15, 2009 by randomyriad

I have worked in programs that are supportive of the kind of child led learning that I believe in, but often administrators pay lip service to it while piling on pre-written curricula and norm based goals which in my opinion … Continue reading →

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Unwound

Posted on February 14, 2009 by randomyriad

Unwound Darkly tangled in the vines, loops and twists intertwine knotted,  woven, fiber and nerve sharp things, sharps things, cut them out to examine each subtle curve stretch them, stretch them straight dead lines drying in the sun.

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Nailed to the Floor of My Life

Posted on February 13, 2009 by randomyriad

It seems like lately I have no ability to rise above the busy noise of day to day life and enjoy my life as thinking, dreaming, living being. I am trapped in other people’s versions of the world, and frankly, … Continue reading →

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