The First Day of School
So my first day teaching again after a few years is on Friday. When I was teaching high school, my special treat to myself was a first day of school […]
34 Things Update
I decided to look at my 34 Things to do before turning 35 list (deadline for completion: November 17) today to see how things are coming with the list since […]
Bigger Stronger Faster *
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8nOKJTL6Tg] I am looking into media (documentaries, movies, etc) to share with my body image class this fall and came across Bigger Stronger Faster* in my research. This documentary is […]
I…
Thanks, Fighting Windmills, for this post idea: I am: satisfied with how I spent my “sabbatical.” I think: that I would like to finish the fiction novel that I started […]
Mirror, mirror on the wall
the forehead (pre-expression lines) I was beginning to worry about… the haircut (circa 1992) I have returned to… I caught a few minutes of What Not to Wear today and […]
Say it's not so…
Aye. Two news stories have me reeling (well, more than 2 news stories have me reeling but these 2 are pertinent to what I deal with here. And, I reckon, […]
Circle de Luz Update
Lots of things happening with Circle de Luz in the last week so I thought I’d give an update: 1. We received official non-profit status for the IRS. Organizations attempting […]
VF Questionnaire
A friend recently told me that she and her husband answered the questions on the back page of Vanity Fair as part of their weekly date, and then, a few […]
28 Great Girl Power Movies
I am a sucker for teen film and a sucker for films that celebrate girls so I was especially happy to see this lineup from Entertainment Weekly on 28 Essential Girl […]
Can you help us provide 1 more scholarship?
At our August Circle de Luz board meeting, we discovered that we are just 6 donors away from being able to offer 7 scholarships this fall to young Latinas. If […]
