wow, no school=lots of reading – six books

“run faster” – read it five years ago – wasn’t particularly impressed this time – it was more science than stories – and I could’ve done more with stories

“out of my league” – great book coming out soon to get us ready for baseball season – although, ironically, the book is about being hurt – this is the third book by this author – all of them excellent

“desk atlas” – billy can back me up that this is a book and it counts – I love fact books – so a book of maps and facts was awesome – I looked at population density mapping in there to figure out where to move and teach that’s south and warmer

“14 minutes” – a reread – but a great book – bio on a great marathon runner – great coach – great man – I guess what struck me this time was the struggle he went through to get to the top – and to return to it

“BAA at 125” – awesome book – the boston athletic association turned 125 years old last year – and this book looked at the history of the association – which includes the longest running, most prestigious marathon in the world – and as many books as I’ve read on boston and on its marathon, I actually learned a few new facts – which was great – including one about the middle school I stay at before going to the starting line (it’s connected with Harvard and a Connecticut governor)

“calling life’s signals” – one of my dad’s books – when he was 16 – a former Alabama quarterback, steve sloan, wrote this book in 1967 – with a bit of help – and it was the neatest book to read for me b/c it was my dad’s – and my dad doesn’t read books anymore – hasn’t in years – reading it made me think of jay barker, tim tebow in that it was the classic book of the quarterback with a “jesus” heart – and yet all three men have played their faith out differently – which is cool to me – and as an example of history, it was just fascinating what sloan talked about vs. barker and tebow – for example, sloan included a part against communism – can’t imagine a pro athlete today speaking out against china – or Russia – other countries making life miserable for its people

happy super bowl/commercial watching – hopefully we can return to some normalcy this week with journals – good luck to sixth grade scholars kids for Thursday

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