Helen and Teacher
The Story of my Life
Sunday, September 4, 2016
Miss Charlotte Bronte meets Miss Barbara Pym: What happens when Chemotherapy Ends
Miss Charlotte Bronte meets Miss Barbara Pym: What happens when Chemotherapy Ends: From our friend, talented writer, artist and excellent woman, Stephanie Hammonds: http://www.curetoday.com/community/stephanie-hammonds/20...
Thursday, September 1, 2016
The Fierce, Forgotten Library Wars of the Ancient World
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-fierce-forgotten-library-wars-of-the-ancient-world?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20160831&bt_email=tsagariselle@yahoo.com&bt_ts=1472652490501
We these in grad school. People sabotaged articles and The Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature. Books alsomysteriously disappeared around the time papers were due. There was one jerk who stole the stalking statute out of our law library when he heard I was looking for it. He was opposing counsel, and an idiot's idiot. It's quite a story, when I was stalking victim and virtual co counsel all wrapped in one.
Shades of Kostova's The Historian, anyone? All poor Drac wanted was someone to curate his books!!
We these in grad school. People sabotaged articles and The Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature. Books alsomysteriously disappeared around the time papers were due. There was one jerk who stole the stalking statute out of our law library when he heard I was looking for it. He was opposing counsel, and an idiot's idiot. It's quite a story, when I was stalking victim and virtual co counsel all wrapped in one.
Shades of Kostova's The Historian, anyone? All poor Drac wanted was someone to curate his books!!
Monday, August 15, 2016
Miss Charlotte Bronte meets Miss Barbara Pym: Memoir; Writing your Life Story: Dolls of Memory: ...
Miss Charlotte Bronte meets Miss Barbara Pym: Memoir; Writing your Life Story: Dolls of Memory: ...: Memoir; Writing your Life Story: Dolls of Memory: Halloween and Autumn : I belong to a Facebook Group titled “For the Love of Fall and Hall...
Monday, August 8, 2016
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Dolls of Memory: Halloween and Autumn
I belong to a Facebook Group titled “For the Love of Fall
and Halloween.” That says it all. We love, love autumn. We countdown the days to Halloween, and share
our collections of Halloween decorations and autumn leaves. It is inevitable that the dolls and figurines
of the season also frequently appear. I
love the season because of the memories it evokes. When I started school, it always seemed to
get cooler much faster than it does now.
Fall meant apples and new school books, new clothes, new friends, and
new classes. My mother would be sewing
my Halloween costume, and we would be planting mums in different colors.
Autumn meant caramel apples and The Spoon River Scenic
drive. It meant leaf collecting, and
handmade ink blocks to make our own leaf designs and stencils. Fall fashion meant new sweaters and boots,
plans for Thanksgiving, and cool, crisp nights.
We got out the blow mold ghosts and masks we loved to
decorate with, and took out my cutouts for our window. Some were vintage examples, scarred with
ancient scotch tape but still beloved.
Others, equally loved were now faded, collage projects of construction
paper, poster paint and old magazines.
My favorite decoration along these lines was a Halloween poster the
local 7th graders made for Bell
My collection of witch dolls, some from Salem
On Halloween night, after we decorated with gourds and as
many jack o’ lanterns as we could carve; my dad took me and my friends
trick-or-treating.
The next day, sugar skulls and assorted skeletons and Calaveras decorated the house for The
Day of the Dead, an important holiday to my mom and me; we both taught Spanish.
By the time “The Nightmare before Christmas” came out, I was
in Halloween Heaven! I also recommend Ray Bradbury’s The Halloween Tree and the Bradbury narrated animated film of the
same title.
At Thanksgiving, my Pilgrims and Native American dolls
decorated our table along with turkey statues and chicken candles. We hardly had room to eat!
In memory of those wonderful days, and of my family that
made them so good, I share with you some of the fall dolls and collectibles
from my collection. Turn out the lights,
plug in the blow mold décor, switch on the led candles and turn up the air
conditioning so you can cuddle up under your favorite blanket as you enjoy this
tour of autumn dolls, toys, and collectibles.
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
My Speech; It's all Original!!
06/16/2000
Along with our Executive Director, and the rest of Quest
College, I’d like to welcome you to our school.
Our new name stems from an ancient word that also reflects our mission
in Education.
The word quest was first used in 1303, and over the years
has been associated with seekers and explorers who had the courage to set goals
to follow dreams, even in the face of great obstacles. For most of us, perhaps, the word is most
associated with the knights errant of old, who set out on expeditions to
accomplish what was most dear to them.
In an educational setting, we at Quest like to think we prepare our
students to be inquiring professional and intellectual knights and dames,
Renaissance people capable of excelling in their chosen careers, and able to
thrive in the professional world.
Among other duties,
the Academic Dean oversees Academics and serves as am ambassador between the
students and faculty of our institution.
Therefore, our curriculum is
important to me, and I am very proud of
our classes, our students, and our faculty. An integral part of the team that makes up
academics at quest is the Distance Learning School. Our online school adds strength to our residential program, and
removes time and place barriers that many students may otherwise
encounter. We at Quest believe in
learning across the curriculum, and our colleagues in distance are part of a
team that makes that possible.
Our academic team is also part of an academic program that
rivals that of our sister two and four year institutions through the bistate
area. We are an old and respected member
of the Quad Cities community, and we are proud to serve the members of that
community, and even more proud that many of them return that debt by staying in
their community to further their careers.
We look forward to our new Bachelors programs in Applied Management and
Information Technology Applied Management this fall, and to continue serving city,
state, and country.
Dr. E's Doll Museum Blog: Some Teaching, Writing, Legal Research Experience ...
Dr. E's Doll Museum Blog: Some Teaching, Writing, Legal Research Experience ...: Partial Listing for Early 2000s; see also my LinkedIn Profile. I am available for Free Lance Writing, Professional Blogging, Editing, Fict...
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