Vegan Roundtable

Tired: Stressful runDisney registrations and pay-to-play memberships Wired: Sunset 5K and/or other distances @UniversalORL Epic Universe

@rodjnaquin I will be seated {virtually}

Now that it's Memorial Day, I'm on my fav summer website. I've done the Quixote, Dante and Reconstruction courses here, and this summer I'm looking at Milton and medieval history. Open Yale Courses offers complete college classes with full video lectures, readings, and materials, all completely free. There are 42 courses spanning literature, history, science, and philosophy, taught by actual Yale professors. I love how you can go deep on a single topic over weeks, really absorbing the material at your own pace instead of rushing through. oyc.yale.edu/courses

@SoldByDrDeb Our birthday month rolled right into May, which marked our 25th anniversary and our oldest’s college graduation—busy spring!

@veganroundtable Birthday twin!! Hey, friend. Follow me here. My old account, Dr. Debster is ❌

Beautiful sun for the Blue Angels practice today. It also prompted me to write my annual #MelanomaAwarenessMonth post. We all have busy schedules, but please don't skip routine skin screenings. Early detection saves lives—I’m incredibly grateful my melanoma was caught at Stage 1.

@SoldByDrDeb Oop—I missed that, but I’m always glad to be in touch with you! 😀

@rodjnaquin Live from Mount Olympus is a fun podcast too! 

@rodjnaquin Here are a select few… My son took some of his books on our weekend road trip (our oldest graduated from college!). He has the Percy Jackson series, and those were a delight to read with him. We’ve also listened to the Greeking Out podcast & attended a live show in October.

A great review— ‘The Song of Achilles,’ by Madeline Miller - The New York Times nytimes.com/2012/04/29/boo…

@smorrisey Simply incredible! What a wonderful gift you’ve given them for life. 📚📚📚

As my class was finishing up reading our latest novel, I was feeling joy. Our class has come a long way in reading fluency this year. During novel study I use an 80/20 approach (FASE/choral reading). Every one of my 5th graders has their own copy of the novel we are reading. Our district just adopted Bookworms, but I still use Reading Reconsidered Novel units as well. I committed this year to have my students read as much as possible throughout the school day. We began on day 1 and will end on the last day of school. My core ELA block consists of novel study and the Word Mapping Project curriculum, a curriculum I developed focused on vocabulary, spelling, and morphology instruction. They pair so nicely. Here is the list of novels our class read this year.

@MatRyanELATeach I miss the group so much, but I follow the CC selections. I’ve had evening conflicts with sports and meetings, but I’m going to clear the calendar for this one! Reading Lonesome Dove now. 📚

#CanonChat Summer 2026

@rodjnaquin My son is super in mythology right now, so I cackled when I read this! I’m so excited to rejoin y’all for East of Eden this summer.

@veganroundtable Thé whole review is amazing — too bad paywall!!! (I had to do seven day trial cause I was so curious ànd needed affirmation haha)

@smorrisey Happy 📚🥳📓🎈✏️ Birthday!

Present from my wife for my birthday. Luckiest man alive.

@Avonleebythesea Serene!

What a gorgeous night

@MelindaHoward4 My son & I had our first runDisney event this morning (o’dark thirty). It was a blast! 🏃🏃🏻‍♀️

Happy Friday ☺️ Where’s everybody running this weekend?

@ComEnjoylife Mid-April— So wacky! ❄️☃️🥶

about 6 hours difference

Happy Birthday, @RGVTuffy! Wishing you health & happiness and a wonderful day ahead! 🥳🎂🏃‍♀️

@RGVTuffy Let’s keep at it, birthday twin! 🥳

On my last day of being 59 years old, I reflect on what this last decade has been. There were many challenges, but the accomplishments far outweigh the struggle. Aging is a part of life and it is my choice to reject or embrace the 60s decade. I choose to embrace it and live every day with purpose and meaning. Ran and did weights to bring 59 to a close. Waiting for 60 tomorrow with grace and acceptance 🙏 #birthday #60