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Beginner's Heart
tea & beginner’s heart ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
In my next life, should I have one, I’m willing to come back as tea. A nice, comforting China black, preferably. Keemuns — Hao Ya — Panyangs — even a Muscatel-fragranced Darjeeling, although I like milk and raw sugar in my tea, usually. Tea is the perfect metaphor for beginner’s heart. It doesn’t ask anything…
public education & teaching teachers ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
This is how teachers learn best: caffeine & reflection :). Well, at least the teachers I know ~ This week I helped with a two-day workshop with teachers in a town near here — one of the many small Oklahoma towns (population about 2,000 or so) that are fighting lack of funding as they try…
tea & happily ever after ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
I confess: I am indulged (there’s a reason this blog begins w/ a queen bee :)). My husband spoils me to the nth degree :). Today, for instance, I made reservations for my sister-in-law & I to have tea. You all KNOW how much I love tea. And tea at the Heathman, in Portland, is…
‘meet and talk and listen’ ~ His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
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Britton Gildersleeve
The Dalai Lama is a funny guy. He can even find humour in his unpopularity w/ the Chinese (“I give them a little bit of trouble… People who create trouble for you… give you opportunity to practice tolerance,” he said w/ a big a grin). He’s also a polite panelist, making sure today, in Fayetteville,…
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