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Aren’t you too old for a tattoo?
I’ve always been afraid of getting a tattoo–for lots of reasons. One reason being that it would hurt (and it did, a lot.) But, more broadly my reasons had to do with the fact that people always want...
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When others see something in you that you haven’t seen yet
On November 11, 2013, after being selected by senior faculty in the College of Education, I was installed as the Guyer Chair in Education. The honor was such a shock to me and I struggled with...
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On October 26th, 2016, I had the privilege of addressing friends and colleagues as we honored Dr. Kelli Esteves as the 2016-2019 College of Education Guyer Chair. Here, I share my thoughts with those...
View ArticleStory of Creative Process
The link below will take you to a visual story I created to document what I learned about my creative process during sabbatical. Story of Creative Process
View ArticleBooks I Read During Sabbatical
Do Not Go On–Manuscript Draft by Bryan Furuness Hillbilly Elegy–JD Vance A Gentleman in Moscow–Amov Towles The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in an Age of Colorblindness–Michelle Alexander Station...
View ArticleWhat I did on my Sabbatical: by Shelly Furuness
Took an art class on drawing at the Indianapolis Art Center Documented my creative process Took a tennis lesson Took a swim lesson Created little paintings with oil paints and really liked it Saw...
View ArticleOn Father’s Day
My whole life, I could count on my dad to be doing some kind of home project. Some of my earliest memories of Dad are of him working on our house. I remember the time he remodeled the kitchen. Stacey...
View ArticleBeing with the trees reminds me…
So this past week, I spent three days with my Journey Fellows just being. This was our third retreat time together but we spent a good deal of our time in solitude, working on being still. During one...
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