Study Hall……my latest Reader column May 5, 2024 Study Hall begins: My best memory, my only memory, of study hall was the time I was reading Huckleberry Finn for an American literature… Continue Reading
The-amazing-colossal-defender-of-democracy, in the Reader today March 23, 2024 Read it here. The Amazing colossal defender of democracy Continue Reading
Latest from my 1972 series – the best compliment I ever got February 22, 2024 Tecla Karpen’s Compliment Continue Reading
AI and education February 22, 2024 There were several interesting columns online today which I thought worth reposting. This is a screen shot of a column about how AI is… Continue Reading
A few breaths of air before some quickish blogging and before I plunge back into my world changing book editing February 15, 2024 That’s one of the longer titles I’ve ever written. And this is meant to be a short post. Before I set out for my… Continue Reading
Smile emoji January 29, 2024 Now that I have begun posting on my blog again my french pen pal has returned to it to improve her english despite my… Continue Reading
The Last Eight Days, Reader column published Oct 3, 2003 January 28, 2024 I don’t go back and read old columns often but I’ve begun to do that as I mine ideas for my possible race against… Continue Reading
Looking back on my Reader Columns as I put a book together January 28, 2024 NOTE This comes from 10:30 PM – I have been organizing materials all day and I just discovered a trove of documentation I’d forgotten… Continue Reading
Maybe this is the start of my next Reader Column April 20, 2023 I have only rarely taken posts for the blog and turned them into Reader Columns. Today my be an exception but only if I… Continue Reading
Duolingo Complaints February 7, 2023 From the first weeks on Duoling five years ago I found people griping about how it made changes to the language learning game they… Continue Reading
A note about the passing of a school board colleague of mine August 23, 2022 The photo in the Tribune doesn’t do Laura Condon justice. Laura was no nonsense when I worked with her but she didn’t glower. She… Continue Reading
A simple map I like August 23, 2022 This was such a simple way to show how most maps distort the Earth especially the common Mercator projection. For years cartographers have tried… Continue Reading
Podcast 36 May 27, 2022 Subbing (substitute teaching) in a time of national reckoning Go to: www.weltyforcongress.com Would you like to change American politics for the better? Set a… Continue Reading
Whatever happened to M. ? March 25, 2022 Over the weekend an old question that has hovered over me was answered. Whatever happened to M? M. was a young woman I graduated… Continue Reading
Four old buddies March 25, 2022 My latest Reader Column This is the real voodoo doll I used https://www.snowbizz.com/images/Animations/spinvoodoo.gif Continue Reading
Letter from Isaiah March 18, 2022 https://www.flickr.com/photos/30095042@N00/51943831158/sizes/m/ I tempt fate when I neglect my blog. I want it to be read but my readership, modest as it is, needs something… Continue Reading
My daughter weighs in on the life of a Teacher February 23, 2022 Now a message from the other woman in my immediate family: Continue Reading
In case anyone in that school district that banned the Maus books needs one for their children… January 31, 2022 I have them both. Continue Reading
Subbing in a time of national reckoning January 28, 2022 My current Not Eudora Column in today’s Reader: You can read it here: By The Way: When I was on the Duluth School Board… Continue Reading
Two days of Subbing December 10, 2021 Its Friday and I was invited to sub today but declined. Tuesday and Wednesday were both eight hour days. I managed well enough and… Continue Reading
