Tuesday, April 22, 2014

A LOCALIZED VISIT TO TUSCANY

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“How did you find us?”   The woman stepped from the shadows of the steel warehouse.   I dismounted and was removing a yellow Scheuberth tha...
Monday, March 31, 2014

Review: Spirit of Steamboat

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Craig Johnson has been known to travel to book signings on his BMW R1100GS, a precursor to my trusty steed.   That would...
Sunday, March 30, 2014

ASSESSING SCHOOLS, STUDENTS AND THE COMMON CORE STANDARDS

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Nearly five years into a blissful retirement , I’ve been tapped to serve as in interim principal for the final eight wee...
Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Review: The Crash of 2016

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Those of us who are centrists – although judged by the far-far right to be leftists-liberal-socialists – can conger pret...
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Monday, March 17, 2014

SAVORING A CALIFORNIA COASTAL TIDBIT

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(Tidbit Number 1) The niece of my long-time riding buddy is a restaurant critic in the Bay Area.   Dining with her is a delight not on...
Wednesday, March 5, 2014

HOW HARD DO TEACHERS WORK?

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I’ll tell ya… I retired from a 35-year career in education five years ago.  Thirty-five years in the classroom, the prinicpa...
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Saturday, March 1, 2014

CLEMENTINE

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The sound was of the breeze blowing through bare winter trees – only much louder.   Like a huge, distant orchestra shro...
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE ARIZONA STATE LEGISLATURE

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Greetings: In the 1920s and early 30s, my father lived in Douglas as his family managed the beanery at the railroad ...
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Review: This House of Sky – Landscapes of a Western Mind

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I just returned from a quick trip to mid-twentieth century Montana.   The vehicle?   Ivan Doig’s 1978 memoir “This House...
Monday, February 3, 2014

THERE ONCE WAS A RESERVOIR…

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The Lord raised his hands high over the course of the American River and said “Dam it…” …And they did.   Impetus for the start o...
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