A Change is Gonna Come
Nothing stays the same. All things must change. This is true in life, and it’s certainly true in the life of schools. In a perfect world we can predict and plan for it, manage it, and negotiate the bumps in the road that change will bring. But the world is not perfect and curveballs […]
Vermonters Who Dare to Lead
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles… The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no […]
French Bread Tastes Different When it’s Raining
I worked in a few restaurants when I was younger. I don’t remember all of the names and some that I do I’ll keep quiet about (lest someone should inquire regarding trade secrets gleaned from high quality VHS viewing in the backroom for training). I moved away right after college and have spent most of […]
Weaving Strong Relationships
I was recently writing to a dear friend about strength, encouraging them during a difficult time of recovery. It was that letter that has inspired this posting. My grandmother, Grace Hall Pugh, was an amazing woman worthy of inclusion in a Vermont Edition of Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls. A farm girl from Ferrisburgh with […]