Over the last few months my blog has been “discovered” by the locals. And boy, are they restless. By that I mean that they mention reading my blog when I see them. Some are old friends, acquaintances, co-workers, and parents of my students. Ever since our local newspaper mentioned my writing there are some new [...]
Posting every day for NaBloPoMo has been tiring toward the end of this month. At the beginning I could hardly decide what to write about and now that we’re coming to a close I have to admit that have needed, desperately needed, the practice. There’s a wee bit of guilt about recycling the stories I [...]
Kelly,Want some blooming beauty to grace your home for Spring? Plant pansies. Directions (1) stop saying you don’t have a green thumb – if it’s true, why do you go on reinforcing the belief for that is all it is? (2) plan them in a pot with premeum (sp) potting soil and put them in [...]
Philosophy in OverallsPart II : Kurt Vonnegut’s “Kerass”Over the next several months Allen would try to catch me in my classroom and I stayed later and later to meet with him. We sat at my desk and exchanged poems, stories, and a great friendship. I got around to asking how he went from an English [...]
Not that kind of recycling. A different kind. This is a post that I started writing about four years ago. If you’re a reader who has been with me that long then this will be a familiar reading. If you’re new, welcome! So glad you could make it. The series of these posts was The [...]
1. How do you define happiness? (from Beth) Happiness is ever changing, so the definition I’m giving now is different than if you asked me that question a year ago or five years ago and I’ll probably give another definition a year from now. The 2009 November edition answer is thus: happiness is when you [...]
So, how’s the NaBloPoMo going? Is your MoJo still going? I’ll tell you what. When Mrs. Kennedy came up with this brainchild I was excited and I’m so happy to see some folks doing it along with me. I find my writing tends to speak more toward the ‘audience’ than normal. Remember the other day [...]
In doing this purse drive I’m trying to keep up with all that’s happened. When I shared it with a friend of mine who has seen the purses flood into the school he said, “You know, this is bigger than you now.” That became apparent very quickly because in my mind this really was a [...]
I’ve been loathe to publish a bucket list. There is a misconception that you want people to know what you want so that they can get it for you. That’s not the case for me. I’ve not even put too much thought into it because I’m afraid. It’s really scary to say what you want [...]
This will be the first year in the history of my being a parent that I won’t be with my children on Thanksgiving day so we have decided to our meal today. It was the basic turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, green bean casserole, pumpkin pie (blech. I don’t eat it, but the children do – [...]
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