Montauk, July 2024

I've been going out to eastern Long Island since I was a kid.  The Hamptons wasn't as high end touristy back then, but it totally is now.  But I understand why it's so popular as a haven for the rich - it has a pretty amazing old beach town vibes.

Montauk Lighthouse.  I went down to the beach here with some buckets specifically to get sand for the permeability lab - finding course sand is not an easy task and this is my spot where I get it.  Much of the sand/pebbles I used at Chatham HS were from this exact spot. I went down to get more fsand or my current job, hoping to get the teachers in my dept to do this lab.

[bubble gum cigarettes]  How else are my kids gonna learn that smoking is cool?

My #1 goal as a teacher was to get kids to have grit and determination.  My failure in that realm (and the push-back and frustration it caused for me) was always such a issue for me.  But my son Danny definitely has it and that's what ultimately matters to me.  Watching him try a trick over and over (and over) and then finally landing it - man, so fulfilling as a parent. Like ollie-ing down a 3-stair.

Drone and Danny and the Montauk bowl.