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Restlessness, Retirement, and Risk-taking
How learning about changes in risk-taking among teens caused me to reexamine my own habits and tune in to my body
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Wendy DeGroat
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September 2024

Free Societies Read Freely
Curiosity, questions, and expanding this freedom beyond fiction
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Wendy DeGroat
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Crone. Croning. Cronehood.
Connecting to the power of wise woman elders
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Wendy DeGroat
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August 2024

The August Reset
Hope, energy, and possibility as the first day of school glimmers on the horizon
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Wendy DeGroat
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Breath, the Body, and...Death Beads?
A restoration, a reclamation, and an unexpected conversation about death
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Wendy DeGroat
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July 2024

13,000 Librarians, a Tealight, Generative AI, and the Future of Planet Earth
Presenting, learning, and accepting a challenge from a next-generation librarian at the American Library Association (ALA) Conference
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Wendy DeGroat
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June 2024

Time, Money, and Mortality
Reflections after reading The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
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Wendy DeGroat
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May 2024

The Eclectic Reading Habits of a High School Librarian
Reflections on how my work influences my reading, how audiobooks expanded it, and how to keep it eclectic after I retire
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Wendy DeGroat
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Why AI Makes Me Want to Keep Teaching
Questions, fascination, and fears about generative AI in education and beyond
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Wendy DeGroat
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A Teaching Perk Not in My Contract
The role of names in my sense of belonging at school
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Wendy DeGroat
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April 2024

Do You Know Someone Older than Social Security? Are You Older than Medicare?
Reflections on America's relatively young old-age safety nets
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Wendy DeGroat
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Silence and Inspiration in Alabama
Reflecting on three women, two monuments, and my not-really-retirement plan
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