Alive With Sport

I recently wrote this story about how my coaching and athletic experiences and connects to my professional life as an educator. I share this post here (mirrored from my professional site) to get you thinking about how sport carries over into other areas of your own life.
My view is that good teaching is a [...]

Getting outdoors on Christmas Day has always been a tradition for me and my family. What’s your tradition?
This year we did a short hike up to Dog Mountain up at Seymour. There wasn’t much snow but the trail was still fine. At the top, we got a really cool view of the [...]

Being a scientist in Nigeria means being very resourceful in finding solutions to barriers… the power goes out 2-4x per day or some days does not come on at all. Scientists here are very practiced at being practical & creative at the same time, a recipe for good science. Only one day did [...]

We’re back from our trip. It was an incredible experience! I can’t wait to tell you all about it.
Unfortunately blog updates will have to wait, it’s the first week of school which means life’s gone a bit crazy busy.

Here’s my first Africa update.  I thought you might be interested in seeing what’s in my suitcase…. see photo below.  It should be an interesting experience traveling through customs.  My personal stuff needs to fit in 1/2 of my carry on bag – the other half is the stuff that needs to be on ice [...]

I walked out to Hunter trail with the dog today… and took this picture on my phone (believe it or not).
I have a special place in my heart for bald eagles.