Nancy Flanagan 🎼
@nancyflanagan.bsky.social
Lifelong public school educator and advocate. Michigan Teacher of the Year, 1993. National Board Certified Teacher. Musician. Prodigious reader. Gardener. Ardently Blue. #Resist! https://teacherinastrangeland.blog/
45 minutes ago, from the deck. Eight inches yesterday.
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
45 minutes ago, from the deck. Eight inches yesterday.
But... phonemic awareness is a component part of SOR. I'm not sure what phonemic awareness in isolation from letters even looks like.
November 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
But... phonemic awareness is a component part of SOR. I'm not sure what phonemic awareness in isolation from letters even looks like.
Put the Christmas lights up yesterday, because it's supposed to snow this weekend. Here they are, at dawn this morning.
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Put the Christmas lights up yesterday, because it's supposed to snow this weekend. Here they are, at dawn this morning.
Congressman Tom Barrett calls out ‘vandalism’ and 'graffiti' after protestors chalked outside his Lansing office during a rally on Thursday. #theHorror!
November 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Congressman Tom Barrett calls out ‘vandalism’ and 'graffiti' after protestors chalked outside his Lansing office during a rally on Thursday. #theHorror!
Favorite part of this laser-sharp cartoon:
Bone-white Miller head.
Bone-white Miller head.
October 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Favorite part of this laser-sharp cartoon:
Bone-white Miller head.
Bone-white Miller head.
From the deck on a sunny afternoon.
October 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
From the deck on a sunny afternoon.
Image from Cordia Assisted Living Center in Traverse City, MI:
October 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Image from Cordia Assisted Living Center in Traverse City, MI:
A power map of the regime — where power really lies and who really reports to whom. (Robert Reich)
October 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A power map of the regime — where power really lies and who really reports to whom. (Robert Reich)
Speaks for itself….
October 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Speaks for itself….
Concert tomorrow-- and it's free.
I love playing in Encore.
I love playing in Encore.
October 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Concert tomorrow-- and it's free.
I love playing in Encore.
I love playing in Encore.
Agreed. Even though I'm kinda heartbroken this morning.
October 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Agreed. Even though I'm kinda heartbroken this morning.
"It's interesting that if you say the Constitution creates a separation of powers systems in which there are no kings, they think you hate America.” (David Noll)
October 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"It's interesting that if you say the Constitution creates a separation of powers systems in which there are no kings, they think you hate America.” (David Noll)
No matter how or when it ends--it's been a good season for Tigers fans.
October 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
No matter how or when it ends--it's been a good season for Tigers fans.
Yesterday's haul at the local pumpkin patch
October 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Yesterday's haul at the local pumpkin patch
"If ABC thinks that this is going to satisfy the regime, then they are woefully naive — and clearly, they have never read the children’s book, ‘If You Give a Mouse a Kimmel.’" (Stephen Colbert)
September 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"If ABC thinks that this is going to satisfy the regime, then they are woefully naive — and clearly, they have never read the children’s book, ‘If You Give a Mouse a Kimmel.’" (Stephen Colbert)
“I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
September 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
“I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Today is my birthday. I wish I could look forward to a yr of thoughtful progress. But no. It feels like a birthday from the past-- 1969, maybe, turning 18 while my fellow grads were being drafted and sent to Vietnam. I am trying to focus on two things: #1) Resisting in all possible ways and #2) joy.
September 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Today is my birthday. I wish I could look forward to a yr of thoughtful progress. But no. It feels like a birthday from the past-- 1969, maybe, turning 18 while my fellow grads were being drafted and sent to Vietnam. I am trying to focus on two things: #1) Resisting in all possible ways and #2) joy.
First night in a long time that the evening sky has been blue, not smoke-hazy. Out my window, five minutes ago.
August 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
First night in a long time that the evening sky has been blue, not smoke-hazy. Out my window, five minutes ago.
We built this house in 2010. Nah, people told us. You don't need AC in the NW Mitten. Re-thinking that, today.
August 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
We built this house in 2010. Nah, people told us. You don't need AC in the NW Mitten. Re-thinking that, today.
Remember where you were 51 years ago today? I do. I was at Cedar Point in Sandusky, OH, when I heard the good news.
August 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Remember where you were 51 years ago today? I do. I was at Cedar Point in Sandusky, OH, when I heard the good news.
Here (IMHO) is a greatly underestimated book: The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger. Timely, sharply written--try it.
August 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Here (IMHO) is a greatly underestimated book: The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger. Timely, sharply written--try it.
What used to be the Rose Garden now sports yellow umbrellas, a kind of low-rent Tiki Bar vibe.
August 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
What used to be the Rose Garden now sports yellow umbrellas, a kind of low-rent Tiki Bar vibe.
Guess where I live? Guess who doesn't have AC, so can't "just close your windows?"
August 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Guess where I live? Guess who doesn't have AC, so can't "just close your windows?"