Professional Development Minutes

coming back from seeing william lyon mackenzie king  we stopped by a grocery store to buy a box of triscuits we stood in the aisle  half an hour or more debating which box to buy  eventually I gave in, and you chose  cracked pepper and olive oil  we rushed home and spread tomato sauce   basil and cheddar cheese  on top of the whole wheat wafers  hot from the oven  you looked so happy eating your  bite-sized savory snack  but  i don't eat triscuits anymore partly because they are too salty  and partly because i don't want  to be reminded of anything you liked. 

 Jewel "Hands" (1998) Sing along optional: In the end only kindness matters

Santa Claus is commonly portrayed in children's books and films as wearing a beard.  But did you know that beards can hide skin cancer?  Maybe Santa should ditch the facial hair and start shaving!  Photo credit: Freepik

Perhaps one of the most well-known and iconic symbols in this photo is the shopping cart. Invented in the 1930s by an American grocery store owner, the shopping cart was designed to help customers consume -- to carry items from stock shelves to store checkouts. In the photo below, the shopping cart serves as a reminder of how consumption leads to waste. melissa  fockler  (b. 1984) ghost shopper ,   2024 Photograph 

  Charli XCX - Boom Clap Sing along optional:  You are the light and I will follow You let me lose my shadow

I read a lot of books and academic articles. What about you? How to put your phone down and get back into habit of reading books

How much do you know about lemmings?

Food for thought:  'They respond to vibrations': does talking to plants actually help them grow?

I spent October at the cottage. Every night, I watched the beaver swim.   

How do you introduce yourself to potential employers? 

I live in a place where there are more vehicles than trees:  developmental planning gone wrong.