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Alice’s Unfiltered List
There is not one easy answer in this Going-to-School-in-a-Pandemic thing, but some answers are easier than others. For people who know me as Alice and not as my professional self, you know that I filter a ton of stuff so it doesn’t hurt people’s feelings. Sometimes I am really good at it. On this day,…
Read MoreSummer Slide
I have been hearing a lot of chatter lately about summer slide. In years past, I might have been concerned about this, too, but I have had a change of perspective. Do you think any of us were worried about my reading and math deficits in the summers of the 70s and 80s? Back then,…
Read MoreSeeds of Change
When I was in the third grade it was 1980. I lived in Durham, North Carolina, and I had a teacher named Betsy Little (name has been changed). She was black and I was white. Ms. Little taught me all kinds of things – too many to name here – but the fact that I…
Read MoreThe Art of Hanging Clothes
There are some people who have never hung out clothes to dry on a clothesline. There are probably a lot of reasons for this, but in 2020, we have moved to a more advanced and sophisticated culture of using dryers. I was recently reminded of the Art of Hanging Clothes while we have been on…
Read MoreLove-Hate
I have a love-hate relationship with this whole Stay-at-Home, living in The Upside Down thing. On certain days of the week (that don’t correspond to real life days of the week at all), I am happy and content. I sleep well, I wake up and exercise, feel refreshed after a shower, and carry on with…
Read MoreThe Waiting Place
A wise woman once told me that if no one else writes it you need to go ahead and write it. I keep wondering why no one is writing about The Waiting Place. You know that part in the book Oh the Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss – where he talks about you’re going…
Read MoreDogs of ERG, Part 2
Well y’all, things are really weird and uncertain right now. Times are changing right in front of us, and it can be a little (or a lot) scary. Since pretty much everything we are seeing on our news feeds is about the current pandemic, we wanted to bring you all something completely different: dogs! PS-…
Read MoreRespect The Snow Day
Snow in the South is wonderful. It has a kind of magic and mystery that it has nowhere else. And the reason for this is that it comes to people in the South not as the grim, unyielding tenant of Winter’s keep, but as a strange and wild visitor from the secret North. Thomas Wolfe…
Read MoreDogs of ERG
At ERG Headquarters our word for February is the obvious: LOVE One thing we love that loves us right back is our dogs. Here’s a quick look at three dogs of ERG: Madi My human: Alice Oakley My breed: Lab mix My birthday: 2016 My story: My former owner surrendered me to the Forsyth Humane Society…
Read MoreHow You Helped ERG
As we head into our 15th year at ERG, we want to take a moment to extend some Thank Yous. Thank you to the principal who hired us many years ago and is still with us. You are the leader who values the differentiated work we do and knows how to use the service to…
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