Hexagon Last week one of my students slid a piece of graph paper across the table and asked me why her drawing looked like a squashed stop sign. She was trying to draw a hexagon for a geometry project and kept ending up with something lopsided. Table of Contents Quick answer What a hexagon actually […]
Triangle basics: sides, angles, and getting the shape right Last spring a student named Kayla sat across from me at my kitchen table in Santa Fe, staring at a triangle on her SAT practice test like it owed her money. She said, “I just don’t want to get the shape wrong again,” and honestly, that
Squares Here’s something most tutors won’t tell you: memorizing the formula for a square is the least useful thing you can do. I’ve been tutoring SAT and ACT students here in Santa Fe for over 15 years, and the kids who freeze up on test day aren’t the ones who forgot the formula. They’re the
Circles You’re sitting with your kid at the kitchen table in Santa Fe, and there’s a geometry problem staring back at you. It asks for the area of a circle. Your kid looks at you. You look at the page. And suddenly neither of you can remember which one is the radius and which one
Hearing Loss Meditation Here’s the myth I hear most: that meditation is supposed to make the ringing in your ears disappear. It won’t. Hearing loss meditation isn’t about erasing the sound. It’s about changing your relationship with it, calming your nervous system, and taking the sharp edge off the stress that piles on when your
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Table of Contents Hearing Loss Mindfulness: Can It Actually Calm Me Down? Quick answer Why the stress makes everything louder What actually helps day to day A word on the hard days Key takeaways FAQ What’s next Hearing Loss Mindfulness: Can It Actually Calm Me Down? Can hearing loss mindfulness really help when your ears
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Hearing Loss Listening Fatigue Here’s something most people get wrong: they think being wiped out after a day of talking means your hearing is getting worse. It usually doesn’t. Hearing loss listening fatigue is your brain working overtime, not a sign your ears are failing on you. I want to say that clearly because I’ve
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Yellow I painted my daughter’s old bedroom last spring, and I picked the first sunny yellow off the shelf without thinking twice. Two coats later the whole room glowed like the inside of a school bus, and she just stared at me. So yeah. I’ve made the tacky-yellow mistake myself. Yellow is one of those
Table of Contents The lemon myth that costs you money every week Quick answer How to pick a good lemon at the store How to store lemons so they last How to get the most juice out of a lemon Fresh versus bottled at a glance Don’t toss the peel Key takeaways FAQ What’s next
Table of Contents green Quick answer What going green actually means (and what it doesn’t) How to go green at home without losing your mind Is going green really worth it? Key takeaways FAQ What’s next green You’re standing in the cleaning aisle, holding two spray bottles. One says “green” in big leafy letters. The
