by Roel Snieder | Nov 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
On a bike ride in Evergreen, Colorado, I encountered the elk shown in the picture next to the statue of Saint Francis of Assisi. This was an amazing encounter because Saint Francis is the patron of animals. I wanted to take a photo of this scene. Since I am clumsy...
by Roel Snieder | Nov 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
This is not a post about running as a physical activity, running is a metaphor for the way in which our life unfolds. We can run the course of our life in different ways, we can run from something, we can run in circles, or we can run to something. These are different...
by Roel Snieder | Nov 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
Stacking firewood by placing logs on their side allows logs to dry because the water does not infiltrate along cut ends. The image shows the woodpile of one of my neighbors. Since I love stacking and splitting firewood, I was intrigued by her woodpile and asked why...
by Roel Snieder | Oct 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
I was a junior professor, stressed and working myself to exhaustion yet still feeling inadequate both at work and at home. So, when three students from my introductory programming course came to my office at the end of the semester with concerns about their grades, I...
by Roel Snieder | Oct 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
This is what Eve Mozur, one of the teachers in the Teaching with Heart program, wrote in her intention for how she wants to show up in the classroom. Do you recognize the experience that you drive somewhere, and after you arrive at your destination you realize that...
