March 30,2022 – Porto, Portugal 🇵🇹 Our suite during our Porto stay is up 66 steps – at the top of the building. The sunroom faces several other buildings that create an enclosed area. In that area – a pigeon nesting area. Cooing and thoughts of my Grandpa Derksen abound. This is a cityContinue reading “Perspective is Everything”
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Bridging Photography and Art
As with many people during Covid, my childhood friend @JStCPatrick has become not only a bird watcher, but a bird photographer. Bird watching has been a past time for centuries. It not only gets us out into nature, but it causes us to slow down and pay attention to the beauty of the nature surroundingContinue reading “Bridging Photography and Art”
Why Blog?
Although I have not always thought of myself as a writer, I have always been one. I have Holly Hobby diaries recording the events of my life – who I liked, where I had ridden my bike, what Nanny Keenan had cooked for Sunday dinner, what my older sister and cousin said, and who hadContinue reading “Why Blog?”
Exploring Educational Change with Educators in Vancouver, British Columbia
Educational change is an exciting topic with he promise of many pro-active, positive changes in educational systems around the world. I am working with secondary teachers at Royal Bridge Education Group in Coquitlam today. We will be engaging in learning about educational change and responding to the ideas using strategies and tools to engage learnersContinue reading “Exploring Educational Change with Educators in Vancouver, British Columbia”
Another School Playground – DONE!
I arrived at one Vancouver school as administrator and was surprised that there was only one large climbing web for all of the students. The old wooden playground had already deteriorated and been removed long ago. The provincial government allowed applications from casino funds to be directed towards building school playgrounds. The Parent AdvisoryContinue reading “Another School Playground – DONE!”
Beyond Face2Face
The holiday season provides annual opportunities to catch up with friends and family. It is so easy to get swept away in a plethora of commitments throughout the year and lose track of each other. The parties, get togethers and dinners allow us to take the time for face to face interactions and laugh andContinue reading “Beyond Face2Face”
The Couros Brothers Inspire Educators
It is fairly common to hear couples that speak on the same topic at conferences. It is less common to have siblings pursuing and presenting on the same area of study. This year I had the good fortune to hear both of the Couros brothers speak. Although I follow both of them on Twitter,Continue reading “The Couros Brothers Inspire Educators”
To Blog or Not to Blog
The perfect sunset. The funny moment. The great jazz performance. There are all kinds of reasons that people take to social media to “share”. Tweets and blogs abound. I started my first travel blog, Hoodooquest.blogspot.com, on my first trip to China as a way of learning about this “new terrain of blogging” and toContinue reading “To Blog or Not to Blog”
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