Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, I descend from a long line of artists. A far back relative was a poet of distinction in Germany, all of my Heyck aunts are painters and musicians (in fact, check out my godmother’s feature in the Times), my sister – The...
February Tips: Chaos, Calendar & Community
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, Living in the DC area is a bit. . . chaotic (or gut-wrenching? heart-breaking?) right now. A plane tragically fell out of the sky just a few miles from my home, I have researcher friends whose cancer studies at the NIH are...
Clear the Clutter: Set Up a School-Based Digital Calendar
Recently when working with a group of school leaders, we got to chatting about Calendar Clutter. You know, the types of things that just land on one’s calendar, like teachers out of the building, various school-based events, grade and department meetings that are...
July Tips: (Reader) Survey, Summer Break & Setting up for Fall
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, Our regular newsletter takes summer vacation in July (though you can still find me on Instagram on some #semiTogetherMom #bigblendedfamilyadventures with Dr. Together and Together Farmer and our West Coast Together Fam – and...
March Tips: Grief, Glitter & Girls’ Night Out
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family I’ve been thinking a lot about glitter and rainbows lately. No, I haven’t been rewatching Trolls, but I’ve been pondering the effect when we take a little time for fun, for the unexpected, for surprises. It’s one of the ways I...
Tomato, Tomahto: Do You Even Pomodoro?
Part of the genius of the Pomodoro method is that the 25-minute timeframe can fit more easily into our schedules, AND it’s a reasonable amount of time for a focused attention burst.
Paula’s Google Universe!
Recently here at Together Central, we taught a Friday class that inspired us at the end of a full and busy week. Three schools from Denver Public Schools combined for a big old Together Teacher Extravaganza. And it was here I came across Paula, a (solo) mom of three,...
October Tips: Alpacas, Appetizers & Autumn
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family [starts with a sentence that I never thought I would utter] This past long weekend Dr. Together and I took EIGHT tweens/teens (all of our kids plus one friend each) to an alpaca farm on the Maryland / West Virginia border for...
Could you use a One-Stop Shop? Check out Kristen’s “Life-changing” Hub!
Once upon a time, a lovely Dallas-based teacher saved me from my Tale of Too Many Tabs and introduced me to Toby – and my life was infinitely improved. And while we have written about various forms of organizational hubs (places employees can go to find relevant links...
September Tips: The Swirl, Signings & School Return
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family Let’s just start with the big news! I wrote another book! It is out there in the world! This always terrifies me. Who has read it? Write me here and let me know what you think, or better yet, stop over at Amazon and drop an...
