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Come in from the Cold

Come in from the Cold and bring your kids and tell your friends. All welcome.

9 years ago

Big Storm Brewing

Bombogenesis - that's the wonderful word that the indispensable (for our region at least) forecasters and watchers at Hudson Valley…

9 years ago

Make it Happen

There's a useful and on-point critique of the Maker movement in The Atlantic magazine:  Why I am not a Maker…

9 years ago

How to Help Grieving Students. And how not to.

Thanks to Valerie Strauss's blog in The Washington Post I've been alerted to a website devoted to helping grieving students.…

9 years ago

Calling all PDS Parents

Parents got talent. Right? So come on out - beat the winter doldrums - and join the fun. Bring your…

9 years ago

Have Courage: The Letter from Birmingham Jail

The Letter from Birmingham Jail One of the most resounding rebukes in history. And as you read you can hear…

9 years ago

Stay Curious

Some books, some ideas and some thinkers stay with you. They are like wells that you go back to dip…

9 years ago

Violin Vinyasa Yoga for PDS Parents

"Violin Vinyasa Yoga," an after-school enrichment program FOR PDS PARENTS begins on January 21. Violin Vinyasa Yoga is for yoga…

9 years ago

Can you read?

Here's a story from the end of last year that I forgot to post. What does this say? And because…

9 years ago

Tests: “Is that all that matters to grown-ups?”

Test-weary second-grader asks school board: ‘Is that all that matters to grown-ups?’ Elitist parents threaten lawsuit after kids are called…

9 years ago