Tag Archives: School

The Hug

Posted on March 30, 2012 by russtowne

THE HUG It was one of those mornings. You know the type. Things are tense. Our infant son had been up all night. My wife’s eyes (along with the rest of her) were weary. My oldest son, the five-year-old, wasn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Vids & Stories That Touched Me | Tagged baby, child, embrace, felt lighter, frustrated, hug, infant son, It was one of those mornings, key, lock, Love, Mikey's Funnies, parent, parents, reassuring, ritual, School, son, spirit, tense, The Hug, touch, up all night, weary, wife's eyes, you know the type | 2 Comments

The Barefoot College

Posted on March 19, 2012 by russtowne

I just heard a “45 year love story” about the Barefoot College. It is a fascinating, enlightening, and inspiring TED talk presented by Bunker Roy. The school is only for the poor and reflects only what the poor think is … Continue reading →

Posted in Courage, Grandparenting & Grandkids, LIfe Lessons, Quotes I Love, Random Thoughts, Vids & Stories That Touched Me | Tagged Barefoot College, belief, Bunker Roy, collected rain water, competence, confidence, cook, cooking, cooks, crazy, crazy ideas, drought, encouraged, enlightening, fascinating, First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.", Gandhi, grandmother, grandmothers, ideas, illiterate, India, inspiring, look for solutions within, Mahatma Gandhi, parabolic, parabolic oven, phenomenal, phenomenal success, poor, rain, rain water, School, solar, solar power. solar-powered, Success, TED Talk, village, village elder, water | Leave a comment

Making A Difference

Posted on March 13, 2012 by russtowne

I will sometimes re-post something for readers who found this site in recent months. Below is one such re-post. Russ Remember the hit song from awhile back that included these words?: Don’t Laugh At Me Don’t call me names Don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Bullying, Courage, Healing, LIfe Lessons, Making the World a Better Place, Random Thoughts, Vids & Stories That Touched Me | Tagged #1 hit songs, #1 hits, admire, Arabic, beautiful, bullies, bully, bullying, English, eyes, faculty, God, God's, God's eyes, heart, Hebrew, hit, Hope, indifference, Japanese, kind, kindness, laugh, like, Love, music, pain, parents, perfect, perfect wings, Pleasure, positive difference, respect, School, schools, Serbian, song, songwriter, spirit, Steve Seskin, students, successful, wings, working together, world | 1 Comment

I Just Returned from a Memorial Service of a Man I’ve Never Met

Posted on March 11, 2012 by russtowne

I just returned from a memorial service of a man I’ve never met. He was a distant relative of my elderly father-in-law who would not have been able to go if I hadn’t taken him. The deceased was born in … Continue reading →

Posted in Family "Fun", Random Thoughts | Tagged 14-year-olds, Army, Bataan Death March, bus, Congressional Gold Medal, crime, death, father-in-law, George Washington, inerpreter, interrogate, interrogator, Japan, legacy, Martin Luther King, memorial service, MIS, Nelson Mandela, non-whites, public pool, School, secret, swimming, terrible, terrible crime, Tojo, Walter Tanaka, war, white, whites, WWII | 4 Comments

Challenge Day

Posted on March 10, 2012 by russtowne

I recently learned about a program called Challenge Day that has a vision and mission that I wholeheartedly applaud. I went to its website at http://www.challengeday.org/ and saw: “OUR VISION Our vision is that every child lives in a world … Continue reading →

Posted in Healing, LIfe Lessons, Random Thoughts | Tagged act, bully, bullying, business, celebrated, challenge, Challenge Day, challenging, change, choose, compassion, connection, create, creating, diversity, dream, dreams, elementary, elementary school, elementary schools, experential, experential programs, Feel, fond, full expression, guide, guiding, help, Helping, invest, investing, investments, lead, lessons, Life, Love, loved, Memories, notice, read, reading, safe, School, schools, service, teach, teaching, truth, volunteer, volunteering, world, young people, youth | Leave a comment

LAST DANCE AT THE BUS BAR

Posted on March 8, 2012 by russtowne

My first gransdon is due in less than seven weeks and I can’t wait. I share the story below to honor all those who have been a parent or grandparent, or would someday like to be. I hope you enjoy … Continue reading →

Posted in Family "Fun", Grandparenting & Grandkids, Humor, LIfe Lessons, Vids & Stories That Touched Me | Tagged act, adult, adults, Anger, annoyance, autumn, bedtime, bedtime story, bookstore, boss, Bruce Cameron, bus, bus barn, car, car seat, childlike, clean, clean humor, curiosity, curling, dance, danger, delight, dolls, experience, giggly, grandchild, Grandchildren, grandfather, Grandkids, grandmother, Grandson, grown, hand, hands, heart, hold hands, honor, hurling metal, instinctive, landmark, landmarks, little boy, live, lucky, lucky man, man, memoires, Mikesfunnies, mountains, new-born, parental, pastry, play, Pop Tart, precious moment, precious moments, read, reflect, relive, Remember, rush-hour traffic, School, singing, storu, transformation, treasure, treasured ritual, tuck in, tucked in, W. Bruce Cameron, wet smack, wonder | Leave a comment

Life

Posted on January 21, 2012 by russtowne

I just saw a quote from John Lennon that I’d never seen before. It resonated with me and I thought you might enjoy it too: “When I was 5 years old my mother always told me that happiness was the … Continue reading →