Prisoner of Hopes

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  • Scottsbluff: A Lesson in Life: Travel Goals

    I love national parks!  I feel almost giddy each time I get to cross a new park boundary.  I have a passport book that I stamp each time we go to a new visitor center. The green ranger suits and the round hats are a familiar and comforting presence.  I know that I am getting…

  • ON THE ROAD AGAIN

    And so, we set out on our journey.  Part celebration of the end of a long career and part hopeful new beginnings.  Retirement…end or beginning?  I choose to dwell on the beginnings.  All the packing and the planning ends the moment the journey begins.  RV in motion. Truck in tow.  We take to the backroads,…

  • The journey begins…again

    Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. Today I start a new beginning, at 56. For the last 32 years I have been an educator and before that I was a student. Perhaps this explains why I am full of questions. Intellectually, I want to know. I find beauty in human diversity.…

  • Introduction to Prisoner of Hope

    Why write a blog? Today I retired from education, but in my head and I am still a wide eyed little girl wanting to make a difference in the world. I still have a voice and want to continue to contribute to the betterment of society. What is a prisoner of hope? This post is…