Sometimes I forget to upload bits like this on action research.  This video was shot for doctoral students in a class using my book.  I am also excited to be working with a group of educators in the US, using action research to sustain their educational change endeavors.

As I sit down to write this, I have just downloaded Christmas music, updated with such new names to me as Michael Buble', Harry Connick and Diana Krall. Heaven only knows where our standard Christmas CD collection is, buried, I am sure, in the piles of boxes that inhabit the small cubbie holes around our house, some so small we have to squeeze to get into them. My partner has already made her way to the States, it being the in-between year where we go back to spend time with our family on the coast of California.    The holidays in our house span two continents and six decades of memories. And, just like with the music, some traditions seem old and are tucked away in the closets yet still available, while it is the new in both technology and relationships that have become the mainstay of our Christmas Holiday Season. For those who are new to our story, we moved from the United States to Ireland five and a half years ago. At 50+,…