Follow my blog with Bloglovin Markers are used to show the edge of this glacier in Alberta, Canada. In only a few short years this glacier has lost much of it's mass. Fate or Climate Change... There's really only one right answer. via Photo Challenge: Evanescent
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Party
Last week I spent my time finishing my costume for a Genderbender birthday party. The party was not a surprise but the costumes sure were. We had our host turn from this: to this: Gaston We had Amber go from this: to this: Hades Other guests came already dressed (or I don't have a …
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A New Position
I remember a few months ago when I was in Kuwait and even into the summer I was worried. I had accepted a job back at home back in Canada as a Teacher on Call. I was scared that I wouldn't be called or get enough work to pay my bills. I was worried that …
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WPC: Local
Taking the dog for a walk around town.
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Summer Starts Right Now
When my students were promoted to second grade they recited a poem. Hello, Summer! -- (A Last Day of School Poem) by Gregory K. It begins with the lines Goodbye, classroom! Goodbye, Teach! You can find me at the beach... (The entire poem can be found here) I think of this poem today because it …
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First Five Years
The statistic is that most new teachers quit in the first 5 years. There are many reasons for this from administration to the zoo animals some people call children. Teachers are being asked to do more with less each day. From stagnant salaries and facilities to broken buildings and broken homes teachers have much to …
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Earth
At Cathedral Grove on Vancouver Island, British Columbia the earth is cast in shadow as giants tower above.
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The Shadow Fire Casts
Fires rage in Western Canada. May has only begun and it seems the long dry summer is already here. Every year it's the same, hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest lost unknown numbers of animals dead or displaced. Towns evacuated and then ravaged by walls of unstoppable fire. Fort McMurray is big in the …
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Wild Fires in Alberta
One of the hardest things about living so far away from home is that I learn a lot about life happening to my family via Facebook. Today I have learned that Fort McMurray, Alberta, an oil boom town in Canada, has been evacuated due to forest fires. This worries me for a number for reasons. …
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