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In A Tree
If I mysteriously come to have five or six million dollars, you may very well see me on Tree House Masters. I love being in the trees. My back yard has a solid woods area going down the ravine to a level area. To be sitting up in the trees surrounded by the prevalence of…
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Bad, Awful, Worst
Was thinking about some times of swimming. Had a lot of fun at the pool in the summer playing games in the water. Great memories. Then a few memories crept in of being in water that were not as fun. Actually, not fun at all. Not dangerous, mind you. I do not like watching shows…
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Get Excited
My dog was super excited to be walking on the trail with me. He makes it very obvious by wanting to walk faster, pulling me up the hills. Around the neighborhood we stroll. When I stop to talk to someone, he shows desperation to greet them, then lays down to wait. Was thinking that there…
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Should Have Known Better
Ever had someone tell you that? Have you told yourself that? Don’t get mad at yourself when that happens. Our nature is to explore the world around us. We were designed this way, yet also given the capacity to predict and process events before they happen. When it comes to making big decisions, this is…
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Idle Minds
Idle Minds Thinking that much has been accomplished by the mind that is not occupied completely with work, completely with children, or completely with a game. (Kind of admitting a flawed spot there). The ancient philosophers sat around in discussions of every topic. I like to imagine that each day another person could bring up…
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I knew it
Know what you don’t know, it could save your life. That is how I drive and I believe that it has saved me more than once. If you have ever said to yourself, “Where did that car come from?”, then you likely do not follow this principle. When the truck was motoring up the entrance…
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Know What You Don’t Know
Thinking about how much I know that I don’t know. I want to claim there is a lot, and the key to my intelligence is that I know it. Meaning, I know that I don’t know it. For example, electrical and plumbing issues in my house. I know what I can handle, yet will quickly…
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Can’t Be Me
(This is a second story about something that occurred during an eighth grade Washington DC trip.) I was stunned. It couldn’t be me, because well, I was me and that wasn’t. Walking long the Vietnam War Memorial with a student, I was seeing the magnitude of the wall on my left side but taking in…
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Please Learn
The lesson in this is learning is far more valuable than some people believe. These kids made so many mistakes that it is clear there was no thought to learning, or even to realize how much they didn’t know. We took our students to Washington DC for their 8th grade trip. Before heading home, we…
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What ‘If’?
The infamous Murphy’s Law states “If anything can go wrong, it will.” We have to think that this poor Mr. Murphy went through the wringer with an important job he was trying to do. First, the parts don’t on together just right. Second, the tool breaks. Third, a mishap injures him causing a delay or…
Doc Dave DeWitt 