I fondly remember making tissue paper flowers as a child for our local community Mexican Fiesta. My small hands delicately pulled the tissue paper toward the center. The thin, colorful sheets crinkled as they separated. The flat, fan-folded stacks transformed into three-dimensional vibrant, fluffy domes. After we carefully constructed dozens of colorful tissue paper flowers, Read the full article…
Three Reasons Music Education is Beneficial – And Fun!
For the first six months that I played the flute, I nearly passed out every time. It hadn’t quite clicked for fifth-grade me that you didn’t need to take enormous breaths between each and every quarter note. I would stumble out of the band room in a fog, wondering if I was ever going to Read the full article…
This Moment in History
With this election soon in the rearview mirror, it is time to refocus ourselves on what is good and common among us all.
Read the full article...Embracing—No… Celebrating Change
Change is a tricky thing. At this point in life, I am convinced that human nature fights against it. And yet it is essential to our growth as individuals, and to our survival as a society. While we may struggle with accepting change in general, the kind of change forced on us in 2020 is Read the full article…