I’ve had moments in the past twenty months where I thought maybe I had fallen off the face of the earth. With my almost non-existent blog posting and my infrequent status updates on Facebook, you may have thought the same thing. Alas, I have not fallen off the face of the earth; I just live […]
I spent most of last spring waiting for winter to come. I don’t hail from the North, but I am used to the fall being cooler and the holidays requiring coats. I am used to some snow and a couple good ice storms early in the year. The weather where I live now varies very […]
I hope you are asking, “What is over sixteen inches?” The pile of papers I need to grade? (I did get behind this weekend, but it’s not quite that tall yet). Added hair length since I’ve been here? (Possible, but measuring hair is such a tricky thing). One dimension of paper for your copy machine? […]
Blog topics seem to always be on the periphery of my mind, and I want to post more than I do. However, I just haven’t had much to say recently. Life is kind of normal. So, on that normal note, I thought I’d share what a typical Tuesday involves for a MK teacher here. I’ve […]
“Amazing” made the 2012 List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness according to the experts at Lake Superior State University. The contributors of the list say that amazing has lost its meaning, but I believe it actually really does an accurate job of describing 2011. If the same fate awaits […]
Another teacher and I went to a local church to be part of a celebration of and challenge to the youth. Lunch with the ladies. It was rice, sweet potatoes, corn, greens, carrots and a side of papaya. This is the view from the church. Isn’t it amazing? Then we started the trek back to […]