Therapy Walk-n-Talks Followed By the Wisdom of Public School Administrators and Staff Over Dinner at a Bar with a Festive Fireplace and Great Food. That Has Meaning.

Yellow to the rescue with more lavender, friendship, educative expertise, and good company. Lucky, too, to be joined by her husband. Together, they have well over 50 years of service in Bridgeport Public Schools. The wisdom they carry is immeasurable.

So, I had my first ever Big Mac spring roll, and a great chicken dinner to stuff my brain for an exhaustive week. Good company, wonderful humor, and the power of collective thinking. You want advice about how to best run K-12 schools? Work with those that live it, do it, and excel at it every day. 

Find a bar with a fireplace and a great Christmas beer. Kvetch.

Fortunate again to have a space to process the crazy and to have critical mentors who have seen it all (and then some). 

Also had a great day of grading, conferencing with students, and looking forward to projects coming in next week. Today, I'll stay at it, cherishing three NCAA volleyball games towards the championship. Go Ville!

I see the flame with the arrow pointing upward and I had another night rebuilding faith in The Great Whatever. Read the tea leaves. Touch brains with those who endure much, and model more. 

Here's to the weekend.