Otter of Fate

About this blog

I’m Anne-Marie Gordon, a school library media specialist at a preK-3 primary school in upstate NY. I earned my National Board certification in 2007. I adore wasting time online searching the web looking for innovative ways to use technology to improve my instruction.

I’m married to a wonderful teacher; I’m the mother of two teenage girls who keep life interesting. I quilt, read, garden, and give time to the Friends of the Mendon Public Library. I’m a crafter, too.

The otter? My brother was working with an elderly Scot. One day during a discussion of things cosmic, the old gentleman said, “Timmy–never forget you’re the otter of your fate.” Or so it sounded, to my brother’s American ears. Translation: You’re the author of your fate.   Upon reflection, Tim decided this meant “author,” though being the otter of your own fate sounds pretty good, too.

(…I read LOLcats. Frequently. Shhhhh. Don’t tell.)

This is my personal blog and the opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of my school or school district.

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  • Jacquie Henry // January 2, 2009 at 11:40 pm | Reply

    Hi Anne-Marie!

    Tell me about the new blog. It looks just like edublogs -without the annoying new ads. I have been thinking of becoming a paying user of edublogs to get rid of the ads. I hate the idea of migrating the blog yet again. Is this one a free blog? How certain are you that it will never go the way edublogs has chosen to go? Thanks in advance for any info you can give me!

  • auntie // March 9, 2009 at 6:11 pm | Reply

    Oh! I follow you on twitter, and I now see you have this fab blog. Will come back to take a closer look.
    I have 3 blogs (OMG). One is for my school library. The other two are for fun. Here’s one:
    http://www.listen2auntie.blogspot.com/

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