Went down to Auditorium Shores for the fireworks this year. First experience and it was a memorable one. About 100,000 people attended, but as Austin has that little big city vibe, it didn’t feel crammed. My favorite part – the Austin symphony performed before and during the fireworks. I love love love live orchestras. Fireworks [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘thoughts and ideas’
June 26, 2010
3 Life Takeaways
Three of the most valuable things I learned in school/life. I have it posted on my fridge to remember each day. From Deb, of course:
June 14, 2010
The Only People…
One of my job “responsibilities” (if you could even call it that) is to keep up with the blogs our students keep – hardly a responsibility – I love this stuff! Although I’d rather be the one off in the world having this amazing adventure, I think being able to have the vicarious experiences is [...]
June 3, 2010
Process, Learning, Music + Me Playing!
When I first started taking private violin lessons way back when, my teacher, Mr. Nelson, had me read a book before I began: The Inner Game of Tennis. “WTF? I am here for violin lessons, not tennis tips” I thought to myself. However, I read the book and honestly, the ideas in the book have [...]
January 23, 2010
learning Greek, making coasters and dancing some Cuban salsa
So here’s a quick recap of what has gone down in the past 3 weeks: I was very lucky that I had 2 weeks between the end of my internship and the start of my job, so I got to spend the holidays with my family and friends back in Oregon. It was a wonderful [...]
December 30, 2009
not adding trash to the ocean this christmas
Contributing to the garbage island wasn’t high on my priority list this holiday season, so this year I used a little creativity and wrapped gifts with newspaper: Call me a granola, but I think that’s better than have our ocean filled with crap. Garbage. How disgusting. And depressing. (=
September 15, 2009
to mourn the loss of Reading Rainbow…
As I’m sure we all know by know, Reading Rainbow in done and done. What a shame. And another beautiful example of how off kilter our view of education is. And by our, I mean those in charge of the education system…so perhaps the Dept. of Education…the Government? I heard a piece on NPR about [...]
