August 2011 – The Word's Out

Rules for Running the Race

by Brenda B on August 29, 2011 with No Comments

By Brenda Black As with any timed event, it matters not nearly as much how you start, but where you finish. But the opposite is true in the case of reigning Olympic and world champion, and world-record-holder Usain Bolt’s latest … Read More

Great Depression Deliverance

by Brenda B on August 24, 2011 with No Comments

By Brenda Black In the U.S., grit was born out of the Great Depression! The enduring folks who remember those desperate and sparse days have tried for decades to impart prudent wisdom to generations that followed. But have we heeded … Read More

Discerning Learning

by Brenda B on August 17, 2011 with No Comments

By Brenda Black Third row, aisle seat. Notebook open, pencil sharp. Hand in the air, eyes looking forward, ears ready to hear. I love to learn! Over the course of my life in classrooms large and small, for academic, spiritual, … Read More

It’s a Mad, Mad World

by Brenda B on August 9, 2011 with No Comments

By Brenda Black Around the world, people are raging and innocent lives are lost and destroyed. Not just in remote, desert wastelands with cave-dwelling insurgents or in war shattered regions. Cultural hubs and Wall Street districts are overrun with thuggery … Read More

The Happiest Place Not On Earth

by Brenda B on August 6, 2011 with No Comments

By Brenda Black I’m in the sunshine state where right down the road are a couple of multi-million dollar theme parks that can break the family bank in just a week. They are dubbed the happiest places on earth. Apparently, … Read More

Month: August 2011