A Day in the Life

I arrived in South Bend Friday afternoon for a conference. Knowing I would be traveling almost five hours, I wore comfortable clothes. That ...

When I look at my teaching career, I see many fingerprints of others embedded in my practices. Kelly Gallager, Penny Kittle, Ruth Ayres, and...

Between deadlines and presentation preparation and packing for a weekend conference, I am relying on a tried and true I-need-a-quick slice o...

I am a yearbook staff and procrastinator of one. The clock was ticking, so here is a timeline slice about making my deadline! Wednesday, Feb...

"He knows; he always knows."  is a line from the movie, A Christmas Story. My family watches the 24-hour marathon starting on Chri...

    1 presentation - 4 days   =  lots of stress not finished yet                      I have had several deadlines this month...and yes I kn...

Journaling, or what I also call notebooking, has become a regular part of my life. I have been trying different ways to journal in different...

We live on a dead-end street where not much happens. If it is not a delivery truck or a neighbor or someone who is lost, then we don't h...

Same storm but just an hour away from me. An "imperfect storm" was converging--severe weather right at dismissal time. Lucky for u...

Today, I lost a battle. Again. A battle with the Tupperware cabinet. I am not even sure why we still call it Tupperware because I am sure I ...

Traditions connect us. I went to high school and currently live in a community that is rich in tradition. For many years our high school had...

As February was winding down, I began to question my decision once again on joining this challenge. Do I really have time? Do I really have ...

  this day of ashes a smudged cross on our foreheads we seek renewal purify our hearts through reconciliation this Lenten season One of Teac...

the scent of rain mingles in the air, mixed with the secrets, the darkness I want to leave behind. Petrichor beckons me to come to not be af...

the daffodils push their green-tipped hats through the snow anticipating tomorrow's sun-soaked welcome invitation accepted I have been t...

I participate in a monthly writing challenge with members of the Teach Write Academy. A word list is published before the new month begins t...

  Tis the season to reflect, and this includes your #MustReadIn2022 challenge.  I hope you had a wonderful year of reading (much better than...

This month in the Teach Write Academy, we have a list of November prompts that are words and phrases created to inspire writing. What I love...

I walk into a room, and I forget why I am there. I see someone I know and can't remember her name. I am in the middle of teaching, and I...

  I can't tell you how many times I have sat down to write this blog post but then didn't because I kept telling myself this story i...