I was so tired that I felt like lying down in the hallway at school today.  Everybody is sick. Those of us who aren't really sick just feel bad. The students have runny noses; they cough all day. I know they are worn out. I give them peppermints because we aren't allowed… Read full post »

One of the great joys of being a teacher is having the summer off. The summer always holds such promise: I can clean out the old homestead this summer, I can exercise every day this summer, I can obedience train Kubota the dog this summer. Well, the summer days are almost… Read full post »

Why do I judge others by assuming that they are judging me? I take the usual stereotypes: young, old, religious, atheist, married, single, conservative, liberal, southern, northern...I assign to each person a certain mindset based on these stereotypes and I imagine how I am being judged by them based… Read full post »

On the inside I never change. Oh, my thoughts flicker, my viewpoints fluctuate, my passions ebb and flow. But there is a little kernel of me that never changes. I can trace it back to my earliest self. It is simply me.

When I look in the mirror I see… Read full post »