My dear friend, and inspirational poet, Naomi Shihab Nye spent the weekend in Chestertown as the Main Event of the 15th Annual Kent County Poetry Festival. Naomi describes herself as a “wandering poet” and I was so thrilled to have her wander back to the Eastern Shore with gratitude to the Kent Cultural Alliance. SheContinue reading “The Balm We Need”
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Kindness and Singing
This summer, I read Deep Kindness: A Revolutionary Guide for the Way We Think, Talk, and Act in Kindness by Houston Kraft. He proposes that “practicing kindness is an essential step in helping to repair a world that has grown to be more divisive, lonely, and anxious than ever.” Deep Kindness gives us the stepsContinue reading “Kindness and Singing”
The Right Amount of Bold
A colleague of mine recently said that a Head of School had to have “the right amount of bold.” This has resonated with me since I heard it, and like a memorable song lyric, I cannot get it out of my head. I am pretty sure he was not using the definition of having aContinue reading “The Right Amount of Bold”
The Civility Moon
Middle schoolers I know are better mannered than the adults who claim to represent us in Washington. That is a sad fact in our society. And, I cannot even say that the leaders of our country are acting like children, because that would be an affront to children. Our country’s leaders, on both sides ofContinue reading “The Civility Moon”
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