Tag: travel

  • Side Quests, Side Streets and Side Channels

    Side Quests, Side Streets and Side Channels

    I’m not sure when the term side quest was coined, but it tracks. My students use the phrase all the time and I finally understand why. Summertime is about taking the road less traveled, going on tangents and reveling in the unknown. All while eventually arriving back in exactly the same place, home. And, a…

  • Sharing Stories

    Sharing Stories

    Do we tell, or share stories?  I feel like it depends on two factors: The audience and the context.  People tell stories to get a laugh, but people share stories to reveal truths. There are some stories I’ve told 100 times and there are others I’ve only shared once or twice.  Oddly, some of the…