Never a Failure

I began my career as a high school English teacher with an unapologetically idealistic attitude about the difference I could make in my student’s

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Scales and Arpeggios

Growing up, I took several years of piano lessons and my least favorite part was practicing my scales. It seemed so tedious. Did it

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Envy

Envy: it’s the bone-rotter. The joy-corroder. Buzzkill. I feel it pervade as I look at photos of impeccably adorned, whitewashed Pottery Barnesque mantles, slapdash

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