First, watch this 8 minute video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzDaBzBlL0 What this illustrates about people and organizations, such as schools, is how challenging it is to take on something entirely new and different. Rewiring our brains in order to think and do different is not as easy as we might think. Letting go of what we know and “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” ― Dr. Seuss “I never let schooling interfere with my education.” Attributed to Mark Twain In the past few weeks, as I have continued my work and enjoyed a number of conversations with school This is a recycled post from a year ago and I trust it still resonates with purpose and meaning. Slightly revised, here it is for your consideration. Many people seek to make adjustments in a new year and I consider these well worth the investment. Whether at work, at home or out in public, here In Central Switzerland there is a trail that leads to the “End of the World” – the place where the Horbis valley suddenly comes to an end. The trail starts at Engelberg railway station and leads down to the end of Dorfstrasse. There, by the Abbey chapel, you follow the steps up to the road, On Friday, December 21, 2018, at 2:23 pm PST 22:23 UTC, the sun will reach its southernmost point before starting back on its northward trek toward Spring. That’s for all of us in the northern hemisphere. You can calculate your own time accordingly. It has more to do with the tilt of the earth on its Maybe there’s an app or one waiting to be developed that will scan and read a label which is often so small I can’t see it. I have been a label reader for a long time and it doesn’t seem to be receding like so many other things at this point. Take yesterday for example. Advent, which began December 2, is about the adventure, the anticipated arrival of the Light, whether Winter Solstice, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Las Posadas or Diwali, just celebrated. These are holidays, holy days. Holy means simply, “set apart.” Here are the lyrics from a piece of music which Alexa played for me this morning: This one Most of us have experienced a glitch in some system whether a computer, a corporate malfunction in production (think recalls), a car or truck, some out of touch bureaucracy, travel, or in our own lives including work, relationships and health. My point in writing about this experience is not to describe the details of the I sometimes have thoughts swirling around in my head and I can’t quite get them clearly into focus. I don’t think it’s early (?) onset of Alzheimer’s or Dementia, at least not yet, but those are indeed serious conditions to be taken seriously. You may have had a similar experience. Those thoughts might come 
BACKWARDS BICYCLE
SCHOOLING AND EDUCATION
BEHAVIORAL ADJUSTMENTS
END & BEYOND
WINTER SOLSTICE 2018
LABEL READER
TURN ON THE LIGHT
A GLITCH IN THE SYSTEM
AN AHA MOMENT