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// Hello August: Magazine Moments

Me and my mags live on... What lighter reads are you browsing through these days? Our colourful and creative mags are certainly in, especially at this time as we enjoy our slower and more minimal motions. Sometimes it's hard to slow down, and from experience over the years I'll say I'm slowing down this week, or month, only to automatically go at that faster pace or speed once into an active project. I think that's what we get for doing and enjoying work we truly love, in all its quieter varietal aspects. So, during the in-betweens I do the laid-backs like many and veg out with my music and mags that also zone in on our inner calm, finer creative eats, and rustic living. Here are three current online magazines I've been flipping and roaming through with a lot of true-to-life wellness tips and healthy sustenance, to keep our boats afloat. Above is a new wellness favourite-- Calm Moment -- Can we ever overdo calm? I doubt that, especially in these times...

 

// 5 Things I Must Do to Stay 'Sane'...

... or at least as close to... As Ellen states, "It's always better to risk being rude than risk being beaten, or eaten." haha I agree! Last week, this funny yet oh-so-true article in the Ask Ellie - Advice Column made me quietly laugh as I was heading North on our subway. While the hilarious illustration spoke for itself, I couldn't help not thinking about our own unfettered and casual to the max days on the home front, spa days aside in our relaxed oversized mid-thigh tees, and the fact that we've learned many of these behind-the-scenes stretch n' chill habits from generations past (my Grandpa Strebs especially) who worked many a days from home, right on his veranda in Jamaica as a well-regarded and well-respected sports editor, clad in his long pjs, robe, and even second cup of coffee mid-afternoon, much to the dismay of many unexpected, arriving 'elites'...

// There's That 'S' Word (Again)

While recently reviewing a new implementation with our Grades 3 and 4 in an effort to boost more engagement with a particular Mathematics strand, I couldn't avoid a huge smile and laughter after asking one of our girls what she thought about it. She immediately said, "I changed my strategy..." and then explained what she was doing differently, smiling away. There was that 'S' word again and it got me thinking beyond the creative classroom and curriculum world...

// Funny (Not Funny) Jamaican Truths

Every other week or so, I'll have my favourite grape or kola champagne Island Soda with our weekend dinner, and so often can't help having a good laugh with these funny yet serious current-day truths, found on the insides of these bottle caps. And many that are overheard to some degree, more often than I care to share...

// 5 Little Ways To Add Joy To Our Lives

With so much happening in our world these days and each week presenting a new undesired reality in the mix, it's easy to lose track of and forget our little necessary pleasures that give us our ahhh moments. I often think (and feel) that we just need a quick lift and reminder that we are all in this together and here to live a free and happy life. Here are five little nuggets to keep a happy momentum-- and stay afloat any day of the week...

 

 

 

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// Hello June: The Less Is More Principle ~

 

New-to-me ♫ funky track that's been my travelling tune all week; thanks Xeens!

Ralph - Cold to the Touch (Official Audio)

 

Can you taste it Teachers? And I mean really taste it. We are down to the wire and now calling it a done year! Yes(!) And we did it (again), so it's time to celebrate another hearty and very successful year. Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations! We kept things whole and intact, took our young kids to the next level academically, socially, and in simple plain language, closer towards all things 'humanly' possible. You had the courage, the guts, the stamina and the lady balls too to do the right thing in the face of so many exhausting days. The field of Education continues to be one of the most challenging. It's never a 'how hard can this be' movement when it involves human lives and being seriously committed to our profession. Now we enjoy a very well-deserved slowing down to embrace the 'less is more' principle as we sail closer towards our summer break. Three weeks ago after snacking on a bunch of sweet grapes, the bare stem in my bowl caught me off-guard in a very refreshing zen type of way, so I played around with it for a few. It still makes me smile, and as it turns out, apparently I'm an artist too. haha 

 

Hello June... and here's wishing you happy and safe travels wherever you are in the world.  ~xx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P.S. We're not quite done for the week just yet... coming up tomorrow, a quick and easy lazy day-zey summer brunch must-try for our later sleep-in days that's a new 'cheesy-ful' love.