Author Archives: Harry Brake

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About Harry Brake

Employee of Woodbridge High School, Library Media Specialist, Media crazy! :)

Restaurants as a Second Home

Thanks to a generous gift giving to me at Christmas from a Woodbridge family, I found myself dining at Texas Roadhouse in Seaford. Keith Schaffer, the owner, was not a stranger, nor is he ever when he works. He makes … Continue reading

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Implausability

Today, David Rubenstein was one of many well-deserved that received the Presidential medal of Freedom. His name might be VERY familiar if you have ever been to the Library of Congress National Book Festival. Looking at the Opening Ceremony of … Continue reading

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Perceptions and What Is Possible.

An amazing mentor and inspirer of all things self and around us, Louis Cotto, photographer, writer, and entrepreneur that started so many amazing inspiring projects in Mexico City when I was blessed to be there, sent me this and I … Continue reading

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Searching for Holiday Tradition – Hopkins Brothers Produce.

In supporting the farms, local businesses, and families that make up Sussex county, we in turn are insuring that histories of bringing holidays to the heart will occur over and over. Continue reading

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Spirit- Spiritless? Or my holiday compass being read wrong?

2024 Christmas. I have to be straight with you- I felt little to nothing this year for Christmas, and I have a few guesses on this one. Yes, I unpacked the Christmas tree I meant to decorate, it stood, in … Continue reading

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“And miles to go before I sleep…”

…So goes the last lines of Robert Frost’s poem, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening and yet, in looking back on the 2024 Woodbridge High Cross Country season as we celebrated a Fall season, success was everywhere thanks to… … Continue reading

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Noble

“A noble friend is the best gift. A noble enemy is the next best.”― C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia In seeing the first night of Woodbridge High’s The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, reflecting awhile during and after the production, … Continue reading

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Microplastics and Microlearning resulting in Macro Learning Results.

Recalling a moment I was asked to teach science – I balked a bit at first. If you have known me for a long time, I always have felt uneasy about my experience with Math and as a result, nervous … Continue reading

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Forays into the Past, That Become Our Present

“It is haunting how the above two events occurred on the same weekend, states apart, and yet reveal histories that we were never taught as students.” Continue reading

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Does 9/11 Mean Being Passive or Being Active- You Can Decide; It Starts With Sacrifice.

It goes without saying that what occurred on 9/11 did not exist in the memory of many students we encounter each day. Why would something students today cannot recall even matter, be worth rehashing, revisiting, or trying to learn? I … Continue reading

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