I was in the 5th grade, living deep in the Age of Mad Men, Evel Knievel and Benign Neglect. Based on pictures from that era, there’s irrefutable evidence that I was sporting a big Jewfro, wearing plaid bell bottoms, and hiding a set of mismatched front teeth behind swollen lips. You see, one of them … Continue reading AWARDS (Berkeley Freight & Salvage, April 2022)
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Alone Together
This article was originally published in the TMI Project in April 2021: https://www.tmiproject.org/alone-together-fred-brill/
Leading and Learning: Effective School Leadership Through Reflective Storytelling and Inquiry
This text was published in 2008 by Stenhouse Publishers and is available at Stenhouse.com and Amazon.com: https://tinyurl.com/FredBrillStenhouse
Running and the Theory of Relativity … Taking running to a new level
This article was originally published in HealthyAging Magazine, Winter 2021.
Nancy Pelosi: Sorcerer, or merely a brilliant tactician?
This article was originally published in the Open Forum of the San Francisco Chronicle on December 24, 2019: https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Nancy-Pelosi-Sorcerer-or-merely-a-brilliant-14928776.php
Welcome to fredbrill.com
For many years, my identity was consumed by the insatiable world of public education. I served as an English teacher, principal, superintendent, university instructor, environmental educator. After thirty-plus years in the field, there is finally time to allow my creative side to emerge.
GUESTS (San Francisco Public Works, November 2021)
Please enjoy the video of this winning story told at the San Francisco Moth StorySlam: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cGXDSqCteArcJEzTu0BGRJKOBjUjtmlF/view?usp=sharing
Uninhabitable? (KQED Perspectives)
To listen to the KQED Perspective (October 8, 2020), click: https://tinyurl.com/FredBrillKQED
TRANSIT (Berkeley Freight and Salvage, February 2020)
Before I dropped out of the University of Michigan, I tried to see how many different ways I could make my way home from Ann Arbor to Glenview, Illinois. I carpooled, took the train, motorcycled, bicycled (without the gun my Uncle Mikey offered to lend me… just in case). Then, one subzero December day, I … Continue reading TRANSIT (Berkeley Freight and Salvage, February 2020)
I’m More than Happy to Help, After I Take Care of My Own
This article, written in February 2021, was not accepted for publication in any Texas newspapers. Bummer!
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