Normally, it's pretty easy for me to build up a head of steam and some excitement about Christmas. What's not to like? Pretty light...

Wow! That was fast. I mean, after nearly eighteen months of hardly going anywhere and seeing only the people in my bubble, you'd think I...

Reading has always been my escape, well, as long as I can remember anyway. But like a lot of readers I've talked to recently, falling in...

image source My youngest daughter and I both have April birthdays. The last time I had a birthday party, I turned forty-two. She's...

I lean towards optimism in most circumstances, trusting that time and energy spent can improve most situations. At least I believe that no...

LeSigh. Can summer really already be over? I didn't get it all done again, of course. Doing *everything* I want to do every summer wo...

I love my family and my teaching life, but sometimes they feel like they're going to squash me. At the worst of times, it's like p...

I've always been a reader. Heck, I think I was a reader before I could read. I'd cajole my mother into reading books to me ove...

I'm home sick today. And, yes, I'm actually sick. I've been sicker, but I'm definitely not well enough to handle 150 mid...

It's not too late to join the fun at the DIYMFA book club . I'm enjoying the community so far, and the prompts are fun to explo...

I have a metaphorical cholesterol problem. I just can't get enough cheese! No, I don't mean cheddar or muenster or gouda (thou...

Ah, another year over and what have you done? Well, I completed my twenty-first year as a teacher, and, is often the case when I'm finis...

I'm not one to turn away opportunity. After all, you don't know if it will come knocking again at all, or that you'll be free ...