Tilting at Windmills: Some new blogs

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Some new blogs

I am REALLY tired- the first day was tough- it was INCREDIBLY hot in my classroom with just me in it- I am dreading tomorrow with a room full of kids!

Lots of meetings today. Most of them in hot rooms. Too tired to write or think.

So, here's a few blogs to check out:

http://www.ashleyscreativecorner.com/

http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/

http://ericasartisticattic.blogspot.com/

http://1of2shoes.blogspot.com/

http://paulssandy.typepad.com/papertransformer/

2 comments:

jjcreations said...: Oh my gosh - another fellow teacher. Here in Alberta it's been cooler - almost too cool. I hope you had a great day today. I'm teaching music at two schools and am having a BLAST!!!!! Joan; September 3, 2008 at 3:10 PM
Anonymous said...: hey! i'm from philly too! and i love debbie's blog. :); September 5, 2008 at 2:15 AM

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Why "Tilting at Windmills"?

When I started this blog in October 2007, there was a story here about my connection to "Tilting With Windmills". Much of what was in that post no longer applies. Much other of it still does. So, here's the story.

When I was graduating from high school, more than 40 years ago, a group of my friend presented me with a print of Picasso's Don Quixote. They said it reminded me of them.

I get upset when things are wrong, even though getting upset cannot fix them. I dislike people who are cruel or petty or self-serving, and am frustrated that I cannot change them. I fight a daily battle with my health, although I know that every new day is another battle. I have a husband and close friends who support me, even when what I want or believe seems crazy.

So, the comparison with Don Quixote is perhaps an apt one. The story encourages me to take on the battles I see, even the hopeless ones. It reminds me to try to see the best in people. It comforts me that, in the end, even if my actions are futile, they are not meaningless.

I mean to try to continue "to dream the impossible dream".