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The family tree in Ilene's baby book names three of the four pairs of great-grandparents, with the spaces for Grumpy's parents names left blank.

Flash Memoir #2 (of 5) – Returning to My Trees: Transplanting My Rhizomes

Dod yn ôl at Fy Nghoed [Returning to my trees] –  a Welsh proverb advocating a “return to balanced state of mind” blank line Rhizomatic thinking is an attempt to give a picture for showing how seemingly unconnected things can actually form meaningful connections for us.  – Dave Cormier, glossary on rhizomatic learning and curriculum *** *** *** The 2018 Ancestry DNA spit test situating me … Continue reading Flash Memoir #2 (of 5) – Returning to My Trees: Transplanting My Rhizomes

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Gram's hands hiding her face, and smiling

Flash Memoir #1 (of 5) – Never forget the hands that raised you

“We help the dead to inhabit death; they help us to inhabit life.  We are as much their angels as they are ours.” – Greg Mogenson, Greeting the Angels On 28 August 2024, I began the week’s transition out of the teaching and learning position I started that same day in 2000, then a week after Pops died.  At retirement, I found myself walking back … Continue reading Flash Memoir #1 (of 5) – Never forget the hands that raised you

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