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Tip #32 from 365 Teacher Secrets for Parents (McKinley & Trombly) - Develop a Plan

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  Today's tip for parents from two talented teachers comes from  365 Teacher Secrets for Parents  by Cindy McKinley Alder and Patti Trombly. #32 Develop a Plan   If you are planning for a year, sow rice  if you are planning for a decade, plant a tree; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people. Richard Fenyman               Becoming a lifelong learner certainly requires persistence, but it also requires a plan. In Part 1 (Idea #4) you learned about setting goals by helping your child write down what he aspired to accomplish. Now that school has begun, perhaps it is a good time to take a good look at those goals. Now that he has embarked on a journey into a new grade, your child’s goals and expectations may be changing. He may realize that the goal he had originally set for himself is a bit too ambitious or not quite challenging enough. Take time today to review his original goa...

Caturday: Death Watch

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  Happy Cat in one of his dark places Happy Cat's days of valiantly fighting his brain tumor are drawing to an end. We are now on death watch for him as he valiantly trues to stave off death even though he knows it is hovering over him, calling. Happy Cat was one of those cats who never asked for anything, not even for a home. He was an alley cat, and he would wait until all the other street cats had finished their turn at the handouts from local residents, including us, before he would approach and finish up the remnants. We got to know Happy Cat from afar, seeing him every day hunkered down under the juniper bush, watching the other cats eat. (One of those cats was Snyezhka , his pal, whom we captured and adopted.) He would only come eat after they were done and he thought we were gone. Then, he became very ill. Something prompted him to trust us to help, and we found him spread-eagled outside our second-story entrance door one morning as we were departing for work. Cat lifted i...

Coming Soon! Nothing So Broken, a memoir by Chris Richards

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     Coming Soon! Available now on pre-order!  Nothing So Broken  - war, memoir, more. Book description:  Born and raised in a small New England mill town, Chris Richards was 19 years old when a close friend was crippled during an accident. At that same time Chris’ father began to present symptoms from his service in the Vietnam War. The immense challenges that followed both men would haunt Chris, shaping his adult life. It wouldn’t be until many years later, when faced with his own crisis that he would be able to look past his fears and grief and find inspiration within their broken lives. For more posts about Chris and his book, click  HERE . Read more posts about memoirs  HERE . Read more posts about PTSD  HERE . Pre-order this book at 25% discount with coupon code FF25 at  MSI Press webstore ! Want to buy this book and not have to pay for it? Ask your local library to purchase and shelve it.   Sign up for the MSI Press LLC month...

Publisher's Pride: Books on Bestseller Lists - RV Oopsies (MacDonald)

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  Today's publisher's pride is  RV Oopsies   by Larry MacDonald, which reached #38 on Amazon's bestseller list for travel humor, #119 in travel, tourism, and hospitality, and #347 in business and professional humor. (This book has been in the Amazon top 100 nearly every month since its release.) Book Description: Every year thousands of RVers hit the road for fun and adventure, but RVing has built in misadventures-backing into a tree, bending a jack stand, and more-spoiling an otherwise perfect outing. For the past ten years, the author has asked RVers the same question: "What's the dumbest thing you've done while RVing?" Each year, he has given an award for the dumbest mishap. In this funny and helpful handbook, 101 of these mishaps come together so the reader can learn from other people's mistakes, saving them unnecessary grief and cash. - Always use a spotter when entering or departing a campsite. - Do a walk-around inspection before moving your rig...