August 2012 – Marsha Ingrao

Retirement Day

I went to work in jeans – against the rules. I’m sorry Mr. Vidak, it was my last day, and I figured, “Why not be comfortable? I wasn’t going anywhere. […]

Personal Stories

Retirement Actually Happening

In just four days I will be officially retired from the career I chose when I was in 8th grade. I feel like I am writing my professional last will […]

Travel

Bare Screen Solutions

I’ve had an excuse for the past few days. Internet service in rural foothill regions is poor at best. For the past two nights I couldn’t even get […]

Travel

Putting Your Field Trips on Steroids – Legally!

One of the best experiences of my teaching career […]

Hobbies

The Streets of Ocean Canyon

Envy made me to look at house after house imagining how I would look living inside their luxurious walls. RVs held the same fascination for me. I would go […]

Travel

A New Perspective

Originally posted on Through The Lens:
We have all seen them. Ribbons for cancer. Pink for breast cancer, gray for brain cancer, yellow for bone cancer and lavender for general…

Hobbies

Ocean Canyon RV Park

The last time I went to the California Central Coast with my friends, we rented a house at Shell Beach for $175 a night (summer rates). This time my husband, […]

Travel

Drug Blouse

It just looks like a cute, fun little blouse. You can’t see it very well because my picture is so dark. I got a compliment on it today, so […]

Hobbies

Beach Monster

Cover Girlette model, Princess Chloe, wondered which way to run! “What was that? A MONSTER!!!!!! Was it moving her way?” She was poised ready to escape, but it seemed that […]

Hobbies

Beautiful Berkeley Bouquet

The grass is always greener and the flowers are always more colorful on the other side (of the mountain). You think that’s just a whiny statement from a beach […]

Travel

Remember the Tall Tale?

This is one of the authors. (It took a family) This morning he made a speech about performance based assessment to inspire the teachers in his school as THEY start […]

Hobbies

Lincoln City, OR

A sunny day on the Oregon Coast is better than not gaining a pound after eating a gallon of chocolate and vanilla ice cream swirled with caramel and fudge and […]

Hobbies

Dinosaur Caves Park

Hanging out in Shell Beach means a lot of walking along the cliffs to see the ocean. (It’s called a “cliff hanger” town. JK) Navigating in Shell Beach entails climbing […]

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