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Hello, This summer, I was able to attend and even present at a few amazing professional events including the New York State Association...

Hello, My birthday marks the first day of summer every year. While thinking about summer vacation and my birthday, Mary Oliver’s quote,...

Hello, Last week, Edutopia posted this except from an interview with Angela Duckworth on Instagram. In case you’re not familiar with...

Hello, Through no circumstances of my own creation, I have won the genetic lottery when it comes to weight. Nevertheless, there are...

Hello, Years ago, there was a coworker who was struggling. Everyone in the organization knew it. Unfortunately, nothing anyone did...

Hello, When I was in high school, I knew I wanted to go to college to study English--and even more specifically, creative writing. Yet,...

Hello, When I want to buy something, you know the first place I look? It’s Amazon. Why? The list is long. Their inventory, their...

Hello, When I was a child, like all children, when I didn’t like something, you knew it. Crying is one of the first forms of...

Hello, Not that long ago, I read a book that had the allegory of The Boy and the Butterfly. It was one I’d never read before but I was...

Hello, The very first cassette tape I ever bought was Belinda Carlisle’s Heaven Is a Place on Earth. I could still probably sing along...

Hello, As I wrote about in last week’s Lyon’s Letter, “I Joined a Band,” Nolan surprised us when he revealed that he not only joined a...

Hello, A couple of months ago, I was sitting in my living room and my son, Nolan, told me he had a surprise for me. “Really? Okay.” “I...

Hello, When I was a child, let’s say eight or nine maybe, somehow I watched the movie Nightmare on Elm Street. My guess is I was at my...

Hello, Last week, I was in a professional development session linked to the book, The Leader’s Guide to Unconscious Bias by Fuller,...

Hello, I’m sure you’ve looked at an optical illusion where there were two images and you only saw one. No matter how much you squinted...

Hello, Every month I reserve one day for teachers to sign-up to have me come to their classroom to do whatever they want. I’ve run...

Hello, Alice Keeler (mom of 5, high school math teacher, author, keynote speaker/teacher trainer, and Founder of #coffeeEDU) and I are...

Hello, I want to share a video with you this week. The video is less than 90 seconds. Please be sure to watch it before you read any...

Hello, In November, a friend told me about this foot peel mask she tried. She put these baggies on her feet, wore them for an hour while...

Hello, In last week’s Letter, Driving Through Dips, I wrote about the challenge of going from being successful with something familiar to...