Open Wide

Archive for January 2009

When did it become okay…

Posted by: dateacher on: January 25, 2009

Caution Readers:  I am not sure I will be able to get through this post without completely going off on the entire population today – okay, maybe “the entire population” is going a bit too far because I am certain that there are people out there who are cognizant of not doing what I have [...]

On this momentous occasion

Posted by: dateacher on: January 20, 2009

Seems EVERYONE in this great country in which I live is enjoying the lovefest of Inauguration Day.  Being unpatriotic, as I know some have called me today, I avoided every bit of the media coverage of Inauguration Day 2009.  Well, okay, for a minute I flipped it to FOX News Channel and saw Dick and [...]

Really – I live in the South!

Posted by: dateacher on: January 17, 2009

So it’s January 17 2009….where I live it’s FREEZING – well actually it’s below freezing.  I guess it could be worse; I could live in Minnesota, but I don’t.  I live in Virginia, and yes, we get our share of all four seasons, but really 14 degrees and over night it was in the single [...]

Mind your own business

Posted by: dateacher on: January 5, 2009

When do we have the ‘right’ to stick our noses in someone else’s business?   When do we have the ‘right’ to our opinion without fear of retribution from others?  When do we have the ‘right’ to live our lives in according to our own beliefs without having someone, who we may or may not know, [...]

Hello, Goodbye

Posted by: dateacher on: January 1, 2009

You say goodbye, and I say hello…

Here’s hoping that 2009 will be a good year, as we walk in to this new year together…reflection on 2008 seems trite but…2008 you were a good year.  It was the year I finally found what I was looking for…I began a job that I can honestly say is [...]