Yesterday Was National Donut Day & as I Morph Into a Middle-Aged Donut, I Believe It is Important to Shout Out Parlor Donuts in Nashville

Phew. Barbecue on point. I've been ordering salads, but the barbecue is on point. I can smell it. And yesterday was National Donut Day. To celebrate, Parlor Donuts offered by one and get two free (well, to me, since they were closing down). I know that Connecticut has Donut Crazy, but Parlor is hands down superior. Each donut is an experience and they are absolute phenomenal. Here, I'm featuring the Cookies & Cream Donut. It was as good as it looks. The Reese's Peanut Butter one didn't make it in time for a photo. I ate it for breakfast.

We accomplished a lot in one day sitting at the InitiatED conference for individuals interested in literacy during a digital age. Today, most of the conversation revolved around the redundancy of digital, since most writing is digital, but we also wrestled with the Great American White Backlash of ignorant folk jumping into a 'false' grandiosity of ol' school ways: book backing, anti-anti-racist curriculum, LGBTQ+ hatred, and anti-teacher legislation. This is where we are historically and as a witness to the times, it's important to document everything.  Humans can be atrocious, and politics can make it even worse. Kids and teachers are suffering for it. We need to advocate for them. 

We were wrestling with how many call WOKE dangerous and were thinking about the fact that work obligates both knowledge and empathy...at least in school. If you believe in knowledge and you embrace empathy then it seems sort of an obligation that the work we do is for both. Being woke is a good thing, no matter how much they try to spin it in Florida, Texas, and within other extremities. 

But for this morning, I'm only wishing a Parlor Donut to each and all. If we all had one to start our day, we'd have a but better work to reside within. 

Happy Saturday. Day to of brainstorming next steps.