A Day in the Life

  Thank you to  Two Writing Teachers  for creating  a space for me and other teacher-writers to share our stories. I am sitting in my readin...

T ree. Table. Book.  These three simple words lead me on a journey full of emotions. Tree. Table. Book. is a book written by Lowis Lowry whe...

  Thank you to  Two Writing Teachers  for creating  a space for me and other teacher-writers to share our stories. I was in the 8th grade in...

  Thank you to  Two Writing Teachers  for creating  a space for me and other teacher-writers to share our stories. Being an English teacher,...

When a writer sends words out into the world, she never knows upon whose heart they may land. A comment on my mom's online obituary bega...

Moving my way down the aisle at the grocery store, I see a family trying to corral a toddler. As she climbs on top of the stocked cases of p...

Image by Mike Sampson The world comes together. A brief moment of total darkness we celebrate the light and hope we bring each other. In a c...

"Sometimes stories start with a bang, and sometimes stories start with a whisper, and sometimes stories start with a car chase or a fis...

 Thank you   Two Writing Teachers  for creating a space to  share our stories. We began hearing whispers of potential snow a few days ago. M...

We had the perfect plan. All our Ts were crossed and Is were dotted. My sister took Mom and her caregiver out for lunch while my brother, hu...

As the year makes its way to the home stretch, I took some time to reflect on my writing habit. Or maybe I should say my lack of a writing h...

  I wasn't always a teacher. In my first career, I was in retail management. I managed two mall stores and eventually became a district ...

My writing life has taken a dip, and I really needed a spark. So, this past weekend, Teach Write had a game night, and I participated. We pl...

I have written many slices from my front and back porches, and my time there continues to fill me with stories.  Even stinky ones. A few day...

I wrote a slice, "What's That Smell," during the March Challenge about a plant I have had since 2008 from the funeral of eith...

Thank you to  Two Writing Teachers  for creating this space to share my stories. Sitting at my dining room table eating breakfast and readin...

Each month I participate in a writing challenge with my Teach Write writing group. This month we were challenged to write an annotated playl...

Have you ever read something set in a time period that makes you wonder, "Has time really passed?" I just finished Under the Broke...

Image on Pixabay Each week when I go to the store, I shake my head and wonder, "How in the world do some people afford to eat these day...