by Nellie Curtiss … I’ve been noticing that the best tv shows are using contemporary issues to drive programing. Apropos during May is Mental Health Awareness was the latest episode of the Equalizer shedding light on cybercrime and suicide prevention. Last Sunday’s Season 2 Episode 18 of the EQUALIZER addressed these issues in these high-techContinue reading “Mental health issues are highlighted on the Equalizer“
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Back to the Future schedules and travels
by Nellie Curtiss … Was someone laughing? No, the phone, tablet and watch were all ringing. “Who synced them? I didn’t,” I thought. My eyes opened and my brows stretched as high as they could. Throwing the blanket and quilt off, I glanced at my Mickey Mouse watch loosely hanging on my left wrist. “Oh,Continue reading “Back to the Future schedules and travels“
What goes around, turns on again, eventually
by Nellie Curtiss … I opened up the MacBook and my heart sank as it did not wake up. I touched the space bar, the “a, b, c” keys. No response. The screen remained as dark as the original Tabula Rasa belonging to the mythic teacher in the sky. All my psyche could do wasContinue reading “What goes around, turns on again, eventually“
Laughter is the best lesson
by Nellie Curtiss … My eyes were drawn to the headline: Why Laughter Makes Classroom Management More Effective (https://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2011/01/29/effective-classroom-management-and-laughter/ ) The author, Michael Linsin, is a 30-year veteran teacher with all the grade levels under his thinking cap. He started Smart Classroom management in 2009 with a newsletter to help other teachers. Although his wiseContinue reading “Laughter is the best lesson”
Like a tree in a storm
By Nellie Curtiss … Laura said, “As a tree, let that big messy storm cruise all the way through and over those branches and leaves.” It was true. Even the movie Avatar, seemed to show that calm in the airborne jungle that floated on clouds built a canopy of love withstanding onslaughts of calculations againstContinue reading “Like a tree in a storm”
Forgiveness is a seed for peace—Eva Kor, Auschwitz survivor
By Nellie Curtiss … Primetime January 27th on Rocky Mountain PBS, I caught the documentary EVA A-7063. As I watched the 2019 documentary of the aged survivor of the Holocaust, I thought I want to be more like her. Even though from 1944 to 1945 she and her identical sister were among 3000 subjected toContinue reading “Forgiveness is a seed for peace—Eva Kor, Auschwitz survivor“
Good people help the healing
By Nellie Curtiss … Sometimes, a crisis reveals good people. That’s true during this COVID 19 pandemic. As a result of a medical emergency, I’ve uncovered some exceptional staff in our midst. A recent emergency call brought Katie and Emily from Monte Vista Ambulance. Arriving within minutes, the EMTs asked, “What’s going on?” I hadContinue reading “Good people help the healing“
An invention of hugs, a hug-o-matic
By Nellie Curtiss … Recently a professorial friend said she was so starved for human touch, hugs and embraces that she invented a hug-o-matic. She is looking for a product developer to put the life-saving medical device out there for everyone. The hug-o-matic has tall to short stature models in the device as big asContinue reading “An invention of hugs, a hug-o-matic”
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