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Babies, Toddlers and Life in the Big City

Posted on December 5, 2021 by JANET L BARKER

It’s hot. It’s cold. I’m sweating in the overheated apartment or I’m freezing on a jaunt to the Queens Farm Museum with two-week-old Hudson and 20-month-old big sis, Millie. I’m limping with a sore left knee that doctors here need a referral to fix… Continue Reading “Babies, Toddlers and Life in the Big City”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #California, #daughters, #education, #grandparents, #hope, #legacy, #loveeverymoment, #newyorkcity, #nyc, #Queens, #retiredteacher, #retirement, #teaching, #wine

Fall, i will not

Posted on September 29, 2020 by JANET L BARKER

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It’s happening. Whether or not we like it or not: The seasons are changing. It’s Week 7 Distant Teaching. It’s the reason I haven’t had a life, a spare minute, to write, to think, to do anything beyond plan, check-in with students, email parents,… Continue Reading “Fall, i will not”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #autumn, #change, #covid, #distantteaching, #education, #fall, #grandparents, #middleschool, #newyork, #newyorkcity, #preretirement, #teachers

When last we spoke …

Posted on August 26, 2020 by JANET L BARKER

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I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you. I would have quit/retired. I would have said, “Too much.” But I got through the first day of distant learning because you were there for me, relating honestly, not playing Mary Poppins. You get it.… Continue Reading “When last we spoke …”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #California, #community, #covid19, #education, #fear, #grandparents, #hope, #newyorkcity, #teaching, #teachinginapandemic

just had to break free

Posted on August 15, 2020 by JANET L BARKER

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I need to be wild. I used to be B- wild. Now I’m D- wild. I am cautious and predictable. I like order. Not a fan of environmental chaos. I need coffee-specked kitchen counters wiped down and shiny. I like to sip mad-hot French… Continue Reading “just had to break free”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #California, #cambria, #coronavirus19, #daughters, #donoharm, #enjoyeverymoment, #grandparents, #lovelife, #newperspective, #newyorkcity, #pasorobles, #teaching, #writers