My young grandson has discovered the magic of film with his favorite movie Encanto. A wonderful story of family dynamics, beliefs, history and magic, its signature song We Don’t Talk About Bruno –music and lyrics by the brilliant Lin-Manuel Miranda–is a cautionary tale about ignoring a family member whose magic gift is telling prophecies, often…
Category: learning
Summer Writing
Hello, readers! It’s been a busy summer and I hope you are all safe and well. I’ve written a post about my recent adventures on a new platform, Medium. The post is linked below. Thanks for reading! https://tcelentano.medium.com/e3eb1818009d
Third Eye, Blind
I’ve been thinking a lot about intuition and insight these days. Intuition is one of those great life tools we all possess but we don’t all use. It’s the truth finder, the BS meter inside that helps us navigate our life’s experience. It’s the feeling in your gut or the tickle in your foot or…
I Second that Emoji
There is no doubt that every generation has had its own learning curve when it comes to the advances of the human race. Each generation reminds the next generation of how hard they really had it when they were growing up and how easy this generation has it now. I know that I am biased…
No More Pencils….
Alice Cooper’s iconic ode to freedom from the constraints of the classroom, “School’s Out for Summer”, has certainly been the anthem the past couple of weeks as schools close their doors for summer vacation. For most parents, the calendar year doesn’t end on December 31st. The year ends sometime in June after we have guided,…
Follow me, don’t follow me….
Last week WordPress surprised me by giving me this achievement badge for four years of blogging. I have to admit it took me by surprise because despite the steady writing I have been doing I can’t quite figure out how four years have already passed since I decided to jump into the public forum. I…