Monday, July 6, 2015

A Science Guy’s Almanac: Introduction

A Science Guy’s Almanac:  Introduction

The blog that follows this in 30 minutes is the first of a new, continuing series. I’ve titled the series A Science Guy’s Almanac—mostly because each post will focus on a specific day and year. What you are reading in this Introduction is a bit of background of me and the concept. All remaining Almanac posts will go up at 0700 Pacific Time

Almanac posts are significantly different in content and style from the other posts in A Day In The Life Of A Science Fiction Writer.

Day In The Life postings deal with issues of authorship, writing as a profession, and related topics. Those posts appear on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. Those posts will continue on those days. I suspect they will be shorter in length starting than in the past, but the content will not change.

Almanac postings are an eclectic collection of short articles on life—mine and life in general. These posts will be the first and third Mondays of each month.

You’ll have to check on Monday and Tuesday of any 5th week in a month to see what I’ve decided to post for that week.

I started teaching high school in September of 1973. My last day in a high school classroom was in June 2012. During the 39 intervening years, my life happened.

Top: October of 1973 at Monte Vista. Bottom: June of 1012 at my retirement party. 
Between 1996 and 2004, I was full time faculty in Teacher Education and Biology at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, California. From 1973-1996 I taught all levels of biology and Coordinated Science at Monte Vista High School in Spring Valley, California. Beginning in 2004 and ending at my retirement in 2012, I taught biology and Global Science at Great Oak High School in Temecula, California.

All three of my teaching experiences were wonderful. I wouldn’t trade any of those days away.
Since I am a teacher, the firs blog post in the Almanac relates directly to teaching. I hope you enjoy this initial post…

And those that follow.

P.S. Check my blog every Friday for another NEW series of blog posts: Expressions of Faith. This series of posts—averaging 100 words each—are very short devotionals consisting of combinations of thoughts, observations, admonitions, and prayers. They present a view into a very important part of me! They should make you think. I hope you enjoy them.

See you in 30 minutes.

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I’d appreciate your thoughts about these A Science Guy’s Almanac posts

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