A Day in the Life

As we begin to welcome in the year 2022 and say goodbye to 2021, it is also time to recap our #MustReadin21 challenge. I hope you had a wond...

Several years ago, I started doing an activity the two days before Thanksgiving break. We are usually finishing up a writing assignment and ...

It's that time of year when leaves and temperatures begin to fall, and a quiet hush seems to fill the air. For me, it's also a time ...

  I recently introduced my middle schoolers to the Notice and Note Signposts from Kylene Beers and Bob Probst. When teaching the contrasts a...

One of my favorite ways to write poetry is through word play. Several summers ago I learned about a specific word play in poetry though  Lau...

Seven years ago, I left the elementary school where I had been an aide and a substitute teacher, and where I began my career as a 4th-grade ...

I have begun to explore creative journaling where I make the pages of my notebooks into a collage of different materials. I use torn scrapbo...

 Although I am on Facebook, I am not friends with anyone local or with any family members. My account, with the exception of a couple colleg...

  I am a mapless road,   ribboning through the countryside guiding your turn after turn after turn.   Blinded by the late autumn s...

It's that time of year when leaves begin to fall, sweaters come out of hiding in the closet or drawers, and pumpkin spice is baked into ...

This summer  I walked a stretch of land-- open fields with  corn planted to the north  and beans to the south and a new crop: pumpkins! Each...

Yesterday I went shopping. And I bought a dress. For most women, buying a dress probably isn't that big of a deal. For me, it's huge...

This week was gorgeous for Indiana summer weather. Low humidity, sunny afternoons, and cool evening temperatures. Summer served up just the ...

I recently came across a poem from the blog Tales of the Old Forest Faeries . If you like magic, fairies, imagination, and poetry, then you ...

I finished up my 14th school year last Friday. It was a year like no other, yet it went so much better than what any of imagined. Back in A...

It's 10:30 Tuesday morning of the last week of school. It is my prep period, so I have no students and my 70s rock playing on my Pandora...

This is Mother's Day Weekend, and I have been blessed as a mother for 28 years. I was handed a bundle of life at the age of 28 and I was...

I’m joining an open community of writers over at  Sharing Our Stories: Magic in a Blog . If you write (or want to write) just for the magic ...

  It is April, and I am joining many others in celebrating  National Poetry Month by reading, writing,  sharing, and celebrating poetry each...

  It is April, and I am joining many others in celebrating  National Poetry Month by reading, writing,  sharing, and celebrating poetry each...