Tag: memories

• Throwback Thursday: Calico, CA

  

  With the cold temperatures here in the Northeast, I started getting nostalgic for days gone by when I was first married and living in California.  In August of 1998, my mother flew out for a visit, and we (OK I hate driving; it was Mark doing the driving and Mom and I did the riding)…

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  January 4, 2018

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• The Best Day Ever (Through the Eyes of an 11th Grader): The Year without a Chem Regent

  

  As I drove my son to school for his New York State Chemistry Regent (for those of you not from New York, high school students here take Regents Exams to assess their mastery of New York State Learning Standards), I recalled my own chemistry regent, which was scheduled exactly 28 years ago today on June…

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  June 20, 2017

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