Current Author Module: Orientatation

This is a device that helps me in teaching but it becomes a part of the topic and also an example.

I chose a couple cookbooks as my metaphor for teaching, because the way I cook, I might have a general recipe, but what I end up creating is usually different from what was outlined in the recipe.  This is a parallel to what happens in the classroom.  I specifically chose to take a photograph of […]

I chose this needlepoint as a metaphor to describe my teaching: It was made for me by Martha because she knows that I enjoy my friends, but I also enjoy my space and my sleep. It was such a generous gift because I felt very seen and known when she gave it to me. I […]

The wiffle ball moves unpredictably when I throw it. It’s surprising! Brightly colored, lightweight, playful, I turn it over in my palm to consider and reconsider… Sometimes when I throw it harder in a specific way, the more wildly it departs from the trajectory I intended.

The lamp for me represents light – learning is seeking light and enlightenment.  It also represents ideas and letting bright thoughts shine in the darkness and light a path.