Patience

  • The Good Life: Timely Wisdom from Mary Oliver

    Summer is in full bloom! The temperature promises to hit the 90s next week and I have put away (most of) my educational responsibilities for a season. Even the band began a two-week hiatus today after last night’s block party as we all take time to enjoy visiting family and the celebration of America’s 250th…

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  • The Stripping Away: Reflections on Aging

    All the world’s a stage,And all the men and women merely players:They have their exits and their entrances;And one man in his time plays many parts,His acts being seven ages. Jaques, from Shakespeare’s As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7 Time. Shakespeare notes the Seven Ages of Man. Others refer to the four seasons…

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  • Advent: Sunday, December 4 #Advent #Tanka #Poem #Poetry #Christmas #Patience

    Advent: December 4 By Vincent H. Anastasi 2022 Sometimes the waiting stretches interminable and I strain to hear His piercing cry that echoes through centuries of silence

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  • Sky brought a caterpillar to class. Shortly before my seventh period British Literature course began, Sky introduced me to her caterpillar (Fred, I believe she named him), a token from her lunch outside in the park. Rather than send her back outdoors to return the woolly bear to its rightful domain, I allowed her to…

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