Take care of maintenance

My 19 year old Subaru was doing fine. Well … it had an occasional problem starting. It would need to crank for about 10 seconds and spit out fumes of unburnt gasoline, but then it would run smoothly. This happened only occasionally, about 90% of the times it started...

Embrace diversity and inclusion

In the movie “Our souls at night”, Louis is an elderly widower. One night, his neighbor Addie, who is a widow, comes over with a question that she asks with trepidation. Her nights are long and lonely, and she asks Louis if he wants to come over to sleep with her. She...

Use a checklist

Pilots use checklists on every flight. There are different checklists for different stages of the flight to make sure that all critical steps are taken. In addition, there are separate checklists that help pilots deal with complexities and emergencies that may arise....

This person is somebody’s child

I am fortunate to be able to run on a trail through the wilderness behind my house. The trail is deserted, I rarely meet another person. After running this trail many times, I noticed the scene shown on the photo just off the trail. Heart-shaped rocks are wedged...

Don’t forget to look up

This summer I had just started a run and was two blocks away from my son’s house. The pavement was littered with apples and as I was running, I looked down and wondered if these apples could be used to make applesauce with my granddaughters. The next thing I knew I...

Podcast: Teaching with Heart

You may enjoy listening to my interview with Andrew Geary about Teaching with Heart. Here is the link: https://library.seg.org/doi/full/10.1190/tle43060408.1 Y Alternatively you can just click on there image....
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