Betty Bassett

Bryan Bassett was born at Miami Valley Hospital.

Breeanna Bassett was born at Miami Valley hospital.

http://www.dayton.net/audubon/fldtrips.html Dayton Audubon Spring 2012 Field Trip Calendar. We are planning on going to Caesar's Creek with John on Sunday, March 25 at 8:30am. Birding is truly so fun especially with bird enthusiasts. These trips are free and open to the public. Come, tromp through the woods with us!

http://librivox.org/the-yellow-fairy-book-by-andrew-lang/ Breeanna and I are listening to The Yellow Fairy Book by Andrew Lang.

http://librivox.org/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-by-lewis-carroll/ Breeanna and I are listening to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It's so well read.

I am grateful for closed doors...change...and the ability to say, "Thank you for that experience." I am grateful for a working heater. Otherwise I would hibernate in my bed under a pile of blankets alllll winter. I am grateful for no snow to scrape from my windshield! Life is beautiful!

I am grateful for closed doors...change...and the ability to say, "Thank you for that experience." I am grateful for a working heater. Otherwise I would hibernate in my bed under a pile of blankets alllll winter. I am grateful for no snow to scrape from my windshield! Life is beautiful!

I am grateful for a beautiful day. Breeanna is enjoying a day at the playground adjacent to the school. It's great to see scurrying kids about now that the snow has gone. I am grateful to people who are kind enough to tell the things that are not amazing about me so that I can reflect and grapple with who I am and endeavor to make different cho...more

Bryan, Breeanna and I went over the Doric column of the Parthenon, a perfect building in Rome that is extraordinary because it is full of optical illusions. Bryan continued his study on the Civil War. Breeanna and I went over the Assyrians and King Ashurnasirpal II. He was incredibly brutal. I'm sure glad we're living in this day and age. Br...more

“Being negative is easy. The real courage is in finding the good in what you have, the opportunities in every hurdle, the pros in every con." ~ Carolyn Hax

Learning about pre-colonial Africa, colonization and decolonization of Africa by the Dutch, English, French and Germans, anthropology of Africa, ethnic groups that make the African continent, and demographics of Africa today. It's fascinating that the political borders do not reflect the ethnic and tribal borders of Africa. That causes substanti...more

Learning about pre-colonial Africa, colonization and decolonization of Africa by the Dutch, English, French and Germans, anthropology of Africa, ethnic groups that make the African continent, and demographics of Africa today. It's fascinating that the political borders do not reflect the ethnic and tribal borders of Africa. That causes substanti...more

Join us Next week for family fun. Kids' Quick Spring Break Schedule Overview: Monday: (69 degrees, slight chance of rain) The Boonschoft Museum or COSI. Both have membership reciprocity. COSI is 50% off. If Boonschoft we meet at 10 in lobby, bring a packed lunch. COSI let’s discuss times/carpooling. Tuesday: Play Date Extravaganza (rainy) 9:30a...more

Join us Next week for family fun. Kids' Quick Spring Break Schedule Overview: Monday: (69 degrees, slight chance of rain) The Boonschoft Museum or COSI. Both have membership reciprocity. COSI is 50% off. If Boonschoft we meet at 10 in lobby, bring a packed lunch. COSI let’s discuss times/carpooling. Tuesday: Play Date Extravaganza (rainy) 9:30a...more

Join us Next week for family fun. Kids' Quick Spring Break Schedule Overview: Monday: (69 degrees, slight chance of rain) The Boonschoft Museum or COSI. Both have membership reciprocity. COSI is 50% off. If Boonschoft we meet at 10 in lobby, bring a packed lunch. COSI let’s discuss times/carpooling. Tuesday: Play Date Extravaganza (rainy) 9:30a...more

Join our family for Ms. Pam's Clay / Pottery class for kids and adults $10 per student from 1-3 pm starting April 4th at Hope Lutheran church at 500 Hickory Street off I35 and Wayne Street in the Oregon District. Limit 10 students. Any further detail needed please contact Pamela Harrington.

I am working on clearing out the back room/master bedroom for my ex-husband to live in whenever he wants. He is an electrical engineer and has many investment properties but I think it would be great for him to be close to the children. The adjoining door will remain locked as we are better with a little separation but the children can go throu...more

A beautiful day with my son. We shared a burrito at Chipolte. We sat outside and the weather was perfection. I love being with my son, sharing our precious days before adulthood takes him into the college and work world. So precious.

Hack Reading By Betty Bassett How does Warren Buffett, one of the most successful people in the business world, describe his day? Sitting. Reading. A book can alter your frame of reference or twist the way you perceive things. Reading dares you to grow and experience multiple realities. It can challenge your perspective. Most of all reading can ...more

An Open Book By Betty Bassett (Article Is Under Construction. More Books Will Be Added) Reading to children teaches them about people, places, and events outside of their own experience. It also enhances children's ability to predict language whether spoken or written easing their efforts to comprehend. With their familiarity through exposure...more

Leveling Up By Betty Bassett Will your job be done by a robot 10 years from now? Here are some jobs that won’t be around in 2030. 1. Travel agent 2. Cashier 3. Fast food cook 4. Mail carrier 5. Bank teller 6. Textile worker 7. Printing press operator 8. Sports referee/Umpire 9. Retail jeweler 10. Dispatcher 11. Lumberjack 12. Telemarketer 13....more

The day… I'm disjointed. Unsettled. There was a boy. I taught math. 5th grade. 9 times table. I use the subtraction method originating with the 10 times table when I get stuck. Memorizing the multiplication table is no joke. It's a feat for fifth graders. This boy struggled with me as I struggled to endow in him the power of math. I ...more

My day started out by being blown away by Joe Rogan and Naval Ravikant. Discussing meditation Naval cited Blaise Pascal, "All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” We fear the silence of existence. We dread boredom. We choose aimless distractions. We run from the problems of our emotions. We have ne...more

Day 2 of the Eat for life diet.  I found Caesar salad dressing for half off at the store.  I added anchovies to the mix.  Yeah, I'm the kind of girl that can eat anchovies on my pizza.   My greens consisted of kale and spinach.  Kale used to be frightful.  It had a strong bitter taste.  I used to cut it down to microscopic pieces before I could co...more

Out of every adversity there is a silver lining. 11:01pm, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. I was stuck at the Baltimore, Maryland Greyhound bus station. My ticket was for 2:10pm departure. That would have been a fifteen layover. The lady at the ticket window was not happy with me. She had the security guard approach me to clarify my situation. "We c...more

I finally caught up with Jason after so many days. "How are things?" I asked. "I'm sinking," he said, "It's just too much."  A full time job.  Demands at school.  A recent hefty bump on the head.  And a surgery to remove a schist on his wrist.  The local anesthesia might leave his left arm numb afterwards.  Tomorrow should be a fun day trying to ...more

Journal: Sunday April 4th 2021 I woke up at 2:00 a.m. this morning as per usual. I figured out how to upload my meditation podcast on Spotify. So now it will just be a daily challenge to crank it out each and every day. It's a challenge that I'm really looking forward to. My up and coming project is to do a business interview on YouTube like J...more

Episode 2 Mindful Resolve Meditation by Betty Bassett https://anchor.fm/betty-bassett/episodes/April-5-Mindful-Resolve-Meditation-2021-Episode-2-eu8f05

Journal: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 Thank God for Mike.  That's all I have to say.  He's got me started on podcasting and soon, youtubing. He has a degree in broadcasting and he's also starting a youtube channel helping people who is working in the lawn care business contemplate best practices. My up and coming project will be to set up a Go Fund Me ...more