April 12, 2016, Prescott- I was determined to not let yesterday’s minor irritations be like rocks in my shoe. Today started out fresh, with the promise of being a full day- work would be followed by a professional workshop, then a meeting of Slow Food Prescott, with its vegetarian dinner.
I got to work, with plenty of time to spare, and a styrofoam box of freshly made pancakes, from Cupper’s Coffee House- hoping for breakfast time. As it happens, I did enjoy the pancakes, only in the automotive classroom, rather than with my charges in Resource Center. Well, things went smoothly enough, the auto shop students did their own project, and the three classes focused on the academic aspects of automotives were mostly dawdlers, but hardly difficult to manage.
That is one aspect of my current position- flexibility, that will only enhance my position. Be invaluable, the voice said during my meditation, last night, and so the flow took me to a place of worth. During the free hours, I found that my new colleagues were glad for what help I could offer them. It has been a long year for many, and being a voice of reason makes a person welcome, in these parts, by teachers and students alike.
Afterward, a workshop was offered, on the Google calendar, by two imaginative and tech-savvy teachers, one of whom I regard almost as a daughter. She will have a long and fabulous career as an educator. I picked up some good points from this workshop, and can organize my overall time, in a far clearer manner, using this tool.
Slow Food’s April meeting transpired in an amazingly lovely Manzanita Village, a cooperative housing scheme, overlooking the city and some intervening valleys. I didn’t have my camera tonight, but will be sure to go back up there and take a few photos to share, in the not too distant future. The meal featured some fermented foods: Kimchi, sauerkraut, kefir and dosa- a crepe, made from fermented lentils and brown rice, soaked for 24 hours, then blended into a batter. It hails from south India, and was thoroughly delectable. I was even given some batter to take home. So guess what breakfast will be tomorrow!
This sort of feeling more connected has generally happened more in Spring, the past several years- and is what keeps me in growth mode. Friendships like these are worth growing.
A Sagittarian Seeker 
It helps to feel some level of connection when you are assured of some level of stability and consistency in the group. After several months of subbing, a longer term position must be a real relief from that standpoint!
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I was told, again today, that it is hoped the Director will see fit to offer me a full-time slot for next academic year. It all comes down to numbers.
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glad you had a better day!
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Me, too. Thanks, Carrie!
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Hi Gary. I have a son in Arizona with that name. 🙂 Saw you on Xanga but stopped by to say hello again. May your day be blessed.
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Thank you, Miriam, and yours as well!
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Your experiences are so very interesting.
Love to see the photos you take.
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I will probably go up there in a day or so, and get photos of the view from Manzanita Village.
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for your “june” files. http://www.masalausa.com so you may compare dosas. aurora; parker rf/Peoria (I-225/ parker rf … Navajo frybread tacos – vegetarian… http://www.tocabe.com Denver highlands not quite I-70 between federal and sheriday ish — neither place impresses me with “reasonable cheapness, however, it is decidedly not the norm and neither place hasn’t been surviving for a number of years. — pick’n’mix I still like rico’s Hamden and soth broadway 0 for you, zucchini of the fried kind is tasty IMHO with otherwise cheesey pizza ish something and or salad/cokes… “losmesones” listing as the rodeo 2 occasionally is a little red building on the corner of meade st and w Colfax Denver which offers delicious sopes that also can be the thing or a more American stand offering of Mexican fare should you prefer. the English tea room platte street has a modest deli/panini type of sandwiches offering but their iced apricot tea and a walk about confluence park/platte river perhaps over the millennium bridge is rather fun…if the tea/sandwiches don’t grab, there is a neopolitan pizza place near that makes a decent margarite pizza. or a vitamin cottage to forage through.
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Love the optimism with which you begin the post 🙂
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The craziness of some people has to be overlooked, indeed, if one is to thrive!
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