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Laurie Levy

Laurie Levy

Life is Not a Rubric

“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.”

Mar 22, 2023

Life is Not a Rubric

Mar 22, 2023

Laurie Levy

Pandemic Reflections from a Grandparent: Fall 2021

The summer that was supposed to be different, but wasn’t, has passed. While the days are still warm, darkness descends earlier and nights…

Sep 30, 2021

Pandemic Reflections from a Grandparent: Fall 2021

Sep 30, 2021

Laurie Levy

“I Think What We’ve Got Here is a Failure to Communicate”*

A veterinarian told me things were awful at work. In addition to being busy seeing a huge influx of pandemic pets, everything took more…

Aug 27, 2021

“I Think What We’ve Got Here is a Failure to Communicate”*

Aug 27, 2021

Laurie Levy

The Vaccinated Are Getting Mad as Hell

I live in a blue bubble. Evanston, Illinois, home of Northwestern University, leans left. I live in a condo in which people still wear…

Jul 30, 2021

The Vaccinated Are Getting Mad as Hell

Jul 30, 2021

Laurie Levy

Is my Child’s Teacher Vaccinated?

And do I have the right to ask?

Jul 19, 2021

Is my Child’s Teacher Vaccinated?

Jul 19, 2021

Laurie Levy

Thank You Eric Carle

When I started teaching preschool in the early 1980s, my go to book was The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. The two and…

May 27, 2021

Thank You Eric Carle

May 27, 2021

Laurie Levy

Do You Want to Sit in the Vaccinated or Non-Vaccinated Section?

It wasn’t that long ago that I would be asked “Smoking or non-smoking” when I went to a restaurant. And I remember when airplanes attempted…

May 24, 2021

Do You Want to Sit in the Vaccinated or Non-Vaccinated Section?

May 24, 2021

Laurie Levy

Please Mr. Postman

In 1961, the first version of the song Please Mr. Postman, the Marvelettes sang,

May 12, 2021

Please Mr. Postman

May 12, 2021

Laurie Levy

Not Leaving on a Jet Plane

Recently, a college student who had spent a semester on the west coast needed to return home to the Midwest. Her parents had booked a…

Mar 30, 2021

Not Leaving on a Jet Plane

Mar 30, 2021

Laurie Levy

Women’s Rights: What my Granddaughters Need to Know

When my granddaughter was twelve years old and had declared her intention to be the first woman president, she was shocked to learn that…

Mar 8, 2021

Women’s Rights: What my Granddaughters Need to Know

Mar 8, 2021

Laurie Levy

Laurie Levy

Boomer. Educator. Advocate. Eclectic topics: grandkids, special needs, values, aging, loss, & whatever. Author: Terribly Strange and Wonderfully Real.

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