Several weeks ago, when I picked Sarah Kate up from show choir practice, she was bubbling over with enthusiasm. She had decided to audition for a solo in the song “Don’t Stop Believin’”! I had a flashback to the first day of show choir practice, when she almost didn’t go – there were tears (her) and frustration… Read More
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Seven Snippets: “Good” Samaritans, I Cave to Stitch Fix, and IEP Season. Woot.
— 1 — Avril Lavigne has a great new song out, “Fly”. It’s her first single in two years and is being released in support of the 2015 Special Olympics World Games. Take a look: — 2 — I’m probably going to have more to say about it later, but take a few minutes to… Read More
Insta-Week: Girls, Girls, Girls!
Who’s up for a bunch of mostly-but-not-only Instagram photos today? I was talking to my mom on Wednesday and without going into all the specifics, I’ll just say that it dawned on me that she wasn’t aware of something pretty major that happened in our family this week: Sarah Kate cut her hair. If you… Read More
Education Expectations: What I Care About, and What I Don’t
On a recent episode of Mad Men, Pete Campbell’s ex-wife, Trudy, calls him in a tizzy because their daughter didn’t get into the school they expected. Not a college or prep school, mind you…preschool. One reason cited for Tammy’s failure was her lack of skill in the “Draw a Man” test. I was reminded of a discussion… Read More
Seven Snippets: A Primer on Power and Not Being One of “Those” People
If you’ve been reading very long, you likely know that Mr. Andi is the head of small municipal utility, that he loves what he does for a living, and that in my former life I did the same kind of work. Twenty years after I first walked in the doors of Alabama Power Company, I’ve got… Read More
Sun-Beams: April 2015 Edition
In the recap of the reader survey in January, I let you know that I planned to discontinue Sun-Beams as a weekly feature. Going forward, Sun-Beams will be a (mostly) monthly feature, but it will remain a collection of links to stories, articles, photos, or videos I have come across that I believe will inspire, inform,… Read More