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Jennifer Wolfe August 12, 2017 2 Comments

My Heart Is Heavy As I Watch The Hate Unfold In Charlottesville Today

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Jennifer Wolfe, a writer-teacher-mom, is dedicated to finding the extraordinary in the ordinary moments of life by thinking deeply, loving fiercely, and teaching audaciously. Read her stories on her blog, mamawolfe at jenniferwolfe.net.

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Are You A Lifelong Learner? - September 19, 2017
Back To School, Digital-Style - September 15, 2017
Vegetarian Awareness Week: My First Live TV Cooking Demo - September 11, 2017

My heart is heavy as I watch the hate unfold in Charlottesville today. I try to distract and distance myself by puttering around in my garden, moving the sprinkler from one dry patch to another, hopefully coaxing a few more blooms into fall. I dodge the bees in the veggie garden and catch a glimpse […]

Jennifer Wolfe July 25, 2017 Leave a Comment

Happiness Hacks: July 2017 To Bring More Gratitude Into Your Life

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Are You A Lifelong Learner? - September 19, 2017
Back To School, Digital-Style - September 15, 2017
Vegetarian Awareness Week: My First Live TV Cooking Demo - September 11, 2017

Do you have to intentionally make yourself happier? Some people, like me, need ‘happiness hacks’ to remind themselves every day of what a blessing it is to be alive each day – what great fortune we have to be living for one more extraordinary, ordinary moment. Years ago I started a gratitude journal – just […]

Jennifer Wolfe July 12, 2017 1 Comment

I Don’t Want To Live A Small Life: Poetry by Mary Oliver

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Are You A Lifelong Learner? - September 19, 2017
Back To School, Digital-Style - September 15, 2017
Vegetarian Awareness Week: My First Live TV Cooking Demo - September 11, 2017

I don’t want to live a small life. Open your eyes, open your hands. I have just come from the berry fields, the sun kissing me with its golden mouth all the way (open your hands) and the wind-winged clouds following along thinking perhaps I might feed them, but no I carry these heart-shapes only to you. Look […]

Jennifer Wolfe June 29, 2017 7 Comments

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Are You A Lifelong Learner? - September 19, 2017
Back To School, Digital-Style - September 15, 2017
Vegetarian Awareness Week: My First Live TV Cooking Demo - September 11, 2017

I LOVE podcasts. They fit my Type-A personality, my need to always feel like I’m satisfying the hungry curiosity that runs at warp speed through my brain. I love all sorts of podcasts, from political to storytelling to teaching tips to personal growth. This month I’ve been plowing through the podcast “Happier With Gretchen Rubin”. […]

Jennifer Wolfe June 21, 2017 2 Comments

Let Me Be: Poetry For Celebrating Summer Solstice

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Are You A Lifelong Learner? - September 19, 2017
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Vegetarian Awareness Week: My First Live TV Cooking Demo - September 11, 2017

Poetry For Celebrating Summer Solstice Oh, the water lilies. See how they seem to open wider out of their own opening? Let me unfold like that—without thinking, without assuming I’m already open enough. Do not let me close up, all stiff and stoic, like a walnut that will not crack. Don’t let me become […]