You can see the video of my TEDx talk from May 15 on TED.com HERE or on YouTube below. As they say – like and share! I believe this big idea is worth spreading!
I was very pleased to give this workshop seminar on writing my book for the International Federation of National Teaching Fellows on 21/22 April, 2021. The date spans two days because there were people in attendance from all over the world, and we crossed the international date line. The session abstract read: Laura Ritchie presents …
Everyday I find the yes in life. It can be in the simplest things. Sometimes when I walk, I see things- and notice them. The other day I stopped in my tracks, saying – oh look! it’s so beautiful! – to which someone nearby said, what? That’s just some leaves?? –But, oh yes, behind the …
I’m speaking at TEDx UCLA. The conference theme is AGENCY. For now I can tell you the first three words of my talk’s title: YES I CAN ! You may think, hey, that sounds like your book title, and you would be right! Looking back I can reflect and it’s interesting to see the different …
This recording was my final Lockdown project. Jill Jarman composed this work for me in 2014, and we never made a formal recording of it. Although lockdown was very confining, it was also an excellent opportunity to focus, practice, and finally film it. While students were not allowed on campus, I was allowed to borrow …
I have been teaching for 24 years in higher education and nothing comes close to describing what the last year has entailed. Of course it is hard to really put it into words – Lockdown, the pandemic, online everything, being apart from people. Even though we are still ‘in it’, with a vaccine being rolled …
The composer Jill Jarman composed the piece Resonance for me in 2014 and I’ve just revisited and recorded it as my final lockdown project. Resonance is just over 7 minutes of wild cello music that traverses the sonic possibilities of the instrument. Jill composed the piece based on the principles of cymatics, which have to do …
TRIGGER WARNING: DEATH MENTION Yesterday I received news that an academic acquaintance dropped dead of a heart attack. He was in his early 40s and I had been to his wedding. He was in the middle of writing a paper that was really interesting. I was not at all close to him, and hadn’t spoken …
There’s something to be said for projects, and self-belief, and strategic thinking, and also for the sense of accomplishment when it’s done. This post is a bit of the behind the scenes from the audio book, as I read, recorded, and produced the book. -and no, I had never done this before, but the book …
This is the day. Here I sit, pre-dawn at the same kitchen table as every other day, tawny owl hooting in the backyard, wondering if the people who preordered the book will be reading it today. Today is the day my book is out. Nothing visible has really changed between yesterday and today – we’re …